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

  • (..) I wiII be joined by our very own Princess Mia... to discuss her positive opinion... of the ''Save the Sea Otter'' movement. UntiI she arrives... I've asked Grove's magic master... Jeremiah Hart... to entertain us (..)
    2001 The Princess Diaries