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Definition of Movement
Movement

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.

Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

Manner or style of moving; as, a slow, or quick, or sudden, movement.

The rhythmical progression, pace, and tempo of a piece.

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.

A system of mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion; as, the wheelwork of a watch.

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Movement Quotations

I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black actors.
James E. Jones

The world is always in movement.
V. S. Naipaul

Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.
Plato

I'm interested in people who can take the movement somewhere.
Graeme Murphy

Every man is a creative cause of what happens, a primum mobile with an original movement.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Movement Translations

movement in Afrikaans is beweging
movement in Dutch is beweging
movement in French is mouvement
movement in German is Bewegung
movement in Italian is movimento
movement in Latin is ingressus
movement in Portuguese is movimento
movement in Spanish is movimiento

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