movement

movement
n.
organized effort to attain a goal

1) to launch a movement

2) to support a movement

3) to oppose; suppress a movement

4) a civil-rights; consumer; feminist, women's; labor; peace; political; radical; revolutionary; social movement

5) a movement against; for (the movement for equal pay)

division of a musical composition

6) to perform a movement

military maneuver

7) a pincers movement

move

8) a downward; upward movement

9) jerky; rhythmic; uncoordinated movements

10) a movement towards

evacuation

11) a bowel movement (to have a bowel movement)

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['muːvmənt]
consumer
political
radical
revolutionary
rhythmic
social movement
suppress a movement
uncoordinated movements
upward movement
women's
for (the movement for equal pay)
['division of a musical composition'] to perform a movement
['military maneuver'] a pincers movement
['move'] a downward
['organized effort to attain a goal'] to launch a movement
a civil-rights
a movement against
a movement towards
jerky
to oppose
to support a movement
['evacuation'] a bowel movement (to have a bowel movement)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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