a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "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"
Movement involves changing position or going from one place to another. There was movement behind the window in the back door A tall, thin man was waving his arms in an effort to direct the movements of a large removal van
The "Movement" is the motor of every watch The Movement controls all movement aspects of the watch such as the time, date, escape valves, chronograph functions etc
People and vehicles going to and passing through buildings, places and spaces The movement network can be shown on plans, by space syntax analysis, by highway designations, by figure and ground diagrams, through data on origins and destinations or pedestrian flows, by desire lines, by details of public transport services, by walk bands or by details of cycle routes
Sections of a larger musical work A symphony usually has four movements A piano sonata has three movements
Self-contained section of a larger musical composition such as a sonata, quartet, concerto or symphony
The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; advancement; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine; the party of movement
One of the several strains or pieces, each complete in itself, with its own time and rhythm, which make up a larger work; as, the several movements of a suite or a symphony
In an artwork where there is no motion, movement refers to an implied motion created by the arrangement of the elements of art Using lines, textures, and shapes, an artist can cause the eye to move over the work in different ways
A group of filmmakers working in a common period and place who share some distinctive presumptions about how films should be made Typically, the films of a movement share formal, stylistic, and thematic features Some movements, such as French Surrealism of the 1920s, can be seen as fairly unified; others, such as the French New Wave of the late 1950s, are comparatively loose
a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"
The inner workings or assembly that make up the main timekeeping mechanism movements are either quartz or mechanical This is the engine of the watch
A movement is a planned change in position that an army makes during a battle or military exercise. There are reports of fresh troop movements across the border
A principle of art and design concerned with creating a distinctive structure that shows a feeling of action or a series of actions and guides a viewer's eye through a work of art