movement
noun
Simple meaning
A change in position or place.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmuvmənt
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Definition
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noun
A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
“He was a charter member of the movement.”
Physical motion between points in space.
The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
A euphemism for defecation
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
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This meaning: A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Used this way, movement is a common word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It quietly approves while staying precise.
“He was a charter member of the movement.”
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Gentle
- How common
- Common
- Connotation
- Successful and accomplished
- Usage feel
- Precise and approving
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An organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September 2002.
An Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object.
A group of artists who agree on general principles.
A group of artists who agree on general principles.
A former Palestinian terrorist organization (now merged with Fatah Revolutionary Council) that assassinated the Prime Minister of Jordan and during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich killed…
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