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

  • (..) For the dojo fight, we can't tell you how much we practiced. Like just the first part of it. We spent two months ... ... on just the first movements. He would look at us and develop with us, collaborate ... ... with what our style was. He'd let that develop. So, maybe ... (..)
    2001 The Matrix Revisited