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

  • (..) - In my office. - Right. You know it's very important I get out of Casablanca. I'm privileged to be one of the leaders of a great movement. You know what I've been doing. You know what it means to the work, to the lives of thousands of people... ...that I continue my work. (..)
    1942 Casablanca
  • (..) Casablanca indefinitely. Or you may leave for Lisbon tomorrow. On one condition. And that is? You know the leader of the underground movement in Paris, in Prague... ...in Brussels, in Amsterdam, in Oslo, in Belgrade, in Athens... - Even Berlin. - Yes, even in Berlin. (..)
    1942 Casablanca