MOVEMENT | Definition and Meaning

Definition of Movement

Movement

move·ment

Definition/Meaning

(noun)

A change of position or action, or a group working towards a goal.

e.g. The civil rights movement led to significant social changes.

(noun)

the general activity and bustle of people and things at a particular time and place, or the specific whereabouts and activities of a person at a particular time;

e.g. The streets had little movement at such an early hour. I want to know every movement of his on that evening.

(noun)

a development or change in something, or the progress of a story or poem;

e.g. The movement of the stock market can be difficult to predict. I would never have predicted the movement of that story.

(noun)

a group of people who have some shared ideas and who work together to further these ideas, or broadly, a campaign undertaken by a group of people for some purpose;

e.g. This artistic movement supports minimalism in their work. They declared a movement to fight for equal voting rights.