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1 a group of people with a particular set of aims or ideas :
the women's movement
the antiwar movement
The suffragette movement campaigned for votes for women.
He was a prominent member of the artistic movement known as the Ashcan School.
[ + to infinitive ] Mulligan became involved in a movement to develop a different style of jazz.
2 a situation in which people change their opinion or the way that they live or work:
3 an occasion when something develops, changes, or happens in a particular way or direction:
4 one of the main parts of a piece of classical music:
Beethoven's fifth symphony has four movements.
5 the part of a clock or watch that turns the hands (= thin sticks) that point to the time
6 (used especially by doctors and nurses) an act of emptying the bowels:
When did you last have a (bowel) movement?
7 the act or process of changing a situation or event, or of changing the way something happens or is done:
8 a group of people with a particular set of aims:
The women’s movement works for better job opportunities for women.
10 a change in the place or position of your body or a part of your body:
11 a change in a number, price, etc. for example on a financial market:
12 an organized group of people who work together to achieve or oppose something:
13 the process of moving or being transported from one place to another:
14 the process of changing from one particular system, activity, etc. to another:
a movement to/towards/from sth The movement toward free trade lies at the heart of globalization.