movement
English
/ˈmuːv.mənt/
noun
Definitions
- Physical motion between points in space.
- (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
- The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
- A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
- (music) A large division of a larger composition.
- (music) Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
- (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
- (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
- (bridge) A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
- An act of emptying the bowels.
- (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French movement derived from Latin movimentum, movere (move) root from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (move, drive, damp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mew-
Gloss
move, drive, damp
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
湿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftermovement English
- antimovement English
- commotion English
- comovement English
- countermovement English
- demote English
- emote English
- emoter English
- emoticon English
- emotion English
- emotionable English
- emotional English
- holomovement English
- immovable English
- locomote English
- micromovement English
- midmovement English
- mobility English
- mobilization English
- mobilize English
- motile English
- motility English
- motionless English
- movability English
- movable English
- movableness English
- movably English
- moveless English
- movelessly English
- movelessness English
- mover English
- movie English
- movingly English
- movingness English
- multimovement English
- nonmovement English
- overemote English
- perimovement English
- photomovement English
- postmovement English
- premotion English
- premovement English
- promote English
- promotion English
- promotional English
- remoteness English
- removable English
- removal English
- removalist English
- remover English
- submovement English
- unmovable English
- unmoveable English
- motio Latin
- motivum Latin
- moveo Latin
- movere Latin
- moveō Latin
- movimentum Latin
- movēre Latin
- mōbilis Latin
- mōtivus Latin
- mōtō Latin
- remotus Latin
- removēre, removeo Latin
- mouvement French
- mouvoir French
- μυρίος Ancient Greek
- *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *mew- Proto-Indo-European
- movement Old French
- movoir Old French
- múnigid Old Irish
- movement Middle French
- mouvman Haitian, Haitian Creole
- mouvman Antillean Creole
- movie
- emote
- mover
- emoter
- demote
- motile
- movable
- movably
- emotion
- remover
- promote
- removal
- locomote
- mobilize
- moveless
- movingly
- motility
- emoticon
- mobility
- overemote
- promotion
- immovable
- commotion
- premotion
- removable
- unmovable
- emotional
- movelessly
- motionless
- removalist
- remoteness
- comovement
- movability
- unmoveable
- movingness
- emotionable
- premovement
- movableness
- midmovement
- nonmovement
- submovement
- promotional
- antimovement
- mobilization
- postmovement
- holomovement
- perimovement
- movelessness
- photomovement
- micromovement
- multimovement
- aftermovement
- countermovement