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movement

n. the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement"

movement

n. a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"

movement

n. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"

motion

n. a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

move, motion, change of location

n. the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

move, motion, change of position

n. a change of position that does not entail a change of location; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"

motion, apparent movement, apparent motion

n. an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement"

bm, bowel movement

n. a euphemism for defecation; "he had a bowel movement"

cause, drive, campaign, crusade

n. 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"

part, voice

n. the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"

section, subdivision

n. a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section"

procession

n. the group action of a collection of people or animals or vehicles moving ahead in more or less regular formation; "processions were forbidden"

sequence

n. serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"

division

n. (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

section

n. a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class

undercurrent, undertide

n. a current below the surface of a fluid

traffic

n. buying and selling; especially illicit trade

transportation, shipping, transport

n. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

translation, transformation

n. the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"

passage, transition

n. the act of passing from one state or place to the next

division, partition, partitioning, segmentation, subdivision

n. the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

division

n. the act or process of dividing

operation

n. a planned activity involving many people performing various actions; "they organized a rescue operation"; "the biggest police operation in French history"; "running a restaurant is quite an operation"; "consolidate the companies various operations"

traffic

n. buying and selling; especially illicit trade

transportation, shipping, transport

n. the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

travel, traveling, travelling

n. the act of going from one place to another; "he enjoyed selling but he hated the travel"

locomotion, travel

n. self-propelled movement

enterprise, endeavor, endeavour

n. a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness); "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"

expedition

n. a journey organized for a particular purpose

pilgrimage, pilgrim's journey

n. a journey to a sacred place

pursuit, hunt, quest

n. (search)

journey, journeying

n. the act of traveling from one place to another

presentation, presentment, demonstration

n. a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration"

march, marching music

n. genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best marches"

seeking, quest

n. the act of searching for something; "a quest for diamonds"

effort, attempt, endeavor, endeavour, try

n. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"

effort, exertion, travail, sweat, hard work, elbow grease

n. use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

stop, stoppage

n. the act of stopping something; "the third baseman made some remarkable stops"; "his stoppage of the flow resulted in a flood"

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