movement - Meaning in Konkani

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movement - Meaning in Konkani

movement Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of movement in English

movement noun

1. the act of changing location from one place to another

   Synonyms

   motion, move

   गती, नेट, वेग

   Examples

   • "his move put him directly in my path"
   • "police controlled the motion of the crowd"
   • "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"
2. the act of changing the location of something

   Example

   • "the movement of cargo onto the vessel"
3. a change of position that does not entail a change of location

   Synonyms

   motility, motion, move

   Examples

   • "an impatient move of his hand"
   • "gastrointestinal motility"
   • "movement is a sign of life"
   • "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"
4. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

   Synonyms

   campaign, cause, crusade, crusade, drive, effort

   Examples

   • "contributed to the war effort"
   • "he supported populist campaigns"
   • "the movement to end slavery"
   • "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"
   • "they worked in the cause of world peace"
5. the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)

   Example

   • "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"
6. a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

   Synonyms

   drift, trend

   Examples

   • "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
   • "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"
7. a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata

   Example

   • "the second movement is slow and melodic"
8. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

   Synonyms

   motion

9. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

   Synonyms

   front, front, social movement

   Examples

   • "he led the national liberation front"
   • "he was a charter member of the movement"
   • "politicians have to respect a mass movement"
10. an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object

    Synonyms

    apparent motion, apparent movement, motion

    Examples

    • "the cinema relies on apparent motion"
    • "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"
11. a euphemism for defecation

    Synonyms

    bm, bm, bowel movement

    Example

    • "he had a bowel movement"

Synonyms of movement

• motion, move
• motility, motion, move
• campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort
• drift, trend
• motion
• front, social movement
• apparent motion, apparent movement, motion
• bm, bowel movement

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