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

  • (..) border near Tora Bora... reports a diamond-shaped pattern in the hills, tall male in the center of the diamond, flanked by four guards, consistent with UBL's movements. That's supposed to be his Royal Guard. No, that's pre-/ behavior. We have no reason to believe he's changed security tactics. (..)
    2012 Zero Dark Thirty