Word

movement, n.
(movements)
freq. cnt. 69

a change of position that does not entail a change of location
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

motility motion move movement

sample sentences

"the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"
"movement is a sign of life"
"an impatient move of his hand"
"gastrointestinal motility"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

move

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

move

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

move

semantic pointers

hypernym

change

hyponym

the act of changing location from one place to another
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 1

motion move movement

sample sentences

"police controlled the motion of the crowd"
"the movement of people from the farms to the cities"
"his move put him directly in my path"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

move move move

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

motional move

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

move move

semantic pointers

hypernym

change

hyponym

a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 7

motion movement

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

move

semantic pointers

hypernym

occurrence, happening, occurrent, natural event

hyponym

a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

campaign cause crusade drive effort movement

sample sentences

"he supported populist campaigns"
"they worked in the cause of world peace"
"the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"
"the movement to end slavery"
"contributed to the war effort"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

campaign

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drive drive drive drive drive

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

crusade

semantic pointers

hypernym

venture

hyponym

advertising campaign, ad campaign, ad blitz anti-war movement charm campaign consumerism candidacy, campaigning, candidature, electioneering, political campaign fund-raising drive, fund-raising campaign, fund-raising effort feminist movement, feminism, women's liberation movement, women's lib gay liberation movement, gay lib lost cause reform war youth movement, youth crusade

a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

movement

sample sentences

"the second movement is slow and melodic"

semantic pointers

hypernym

piece, opus, musical composition, composition, piece of music

hyponym

intermezzo scherzo

part holonym

sonata

a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

front movement social movement

sample sentences

"he was a charter member of the movement"
"politicians have to respect a mass movement"
"he led the national liberation front"

semantic pointers

hypernym

social group

hyponym

Free French, Fighting French artistic movement, art movement Boy Scouts Civil Rights movement common front cultural movement ecumenism, oecumenism falun gong political movement reform movement religious movement Zionism, Zionist movement

an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object
<noun.phenomenon> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

apparent motion apparent movement motion movement