movement

Definition

  • noun: the act or process of moving people or things from one place or position to another
  • noun: the act or process of moving
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: motion, advancement, emotion

Examples

  • There has been a 'movement' [='tendency'] toward lower prices in the housing market recently. [=prices have been going lower in the housing market recently]

  • There has been a 'movement' back to more therapeutic treatments of mental disorders in recent years.

  • There hasn't been any 'movement' in the negotiations. [=the negotations have not progressed]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) cried itself gently to sleep. (INFANT BAWLING) (ROCK BALLAD PLAYING) (ROARS) I can't take it! Can't help body movements! Must open pod! Wait! No! The pod! Gotta open the pod! JUNIOR: Oh, no! No, no, no! Come back! Come back! - TULIP: Be there in a jiff! (..)
    2016 Storks