n.
- an act of moving.
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(movements)
a person's activities during a particular period of time.
- a group of people working together to advance a shared cause.
▸a cause of this type.
- a change or development.
- Music a principal division of a musical work, that is self-sufficient in terms of key, tempo, and structure.
- the moving parts of a mechanism, especially a clock or watch.
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from med. L. movimentum, from L. movere ‘to move’.