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

  • (..) the Colosseum. Oh, you should see the Colosseum, Spaniard. Fifty-thousand Romans... watching... every movement of your sword, willing you to make that killer blow. The silence before you strike... and the noise afterwards, it rises- (..)
    2000 Gladiator