movementmove‧ment /ˈmuːvmənt/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
the civil rights movement of the 1960smovement to do something Mendes led a movement to stop destruction of the rain forest.movement for the movement for independence2position/place [countable, uncountable] a)when someone or something changes position or moves from one place to another: the dancer’s graceful movementsmovement of A slight movement of the curtains showed where she was hiding. the movement of goods across the border He motioned to the door with a movement of his head. b)a planned change in the position of a group of soldiers: reports of troop movements in the area3change/development [uncountable] a gradual change or development in a situation or in people’s attitudes or opinions: There’s been no movement in the peace talks since Thursday.movement towards/away from a movement towards equality with men in the workplace4somebody’s movements the places where someone goes and the things they do during a certain period: Police are trying to trace Carter’s movements since Tuesday.5music [countable] one of the main parts into which a piece of music is divided, especially a symphony6clock/watch [countable usually singular] the moving parts of a piece of machinery, especially a clock or watch7body waste [countable] formal when you get rid of waste matter from your bowelsCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2averbsmake a movement· He made a small movement with his head, to indicate the door.control somebody's/something's movement· Some people have trouble controlling their hand movements.restrict/hinder somebody's movement (=make movement more difficult)· Clothes should not be so tight that they restrict your movement.adjectivesa big movement· He made a big sweeping movement with his arm.a small/little movement· She made a restless little movement.a slight movement (=small)· His eye caught a slight movement behind the bushes.a quick/sudden movement· Don't make any quick movements that might scare the dog.a slow movement· the slow movements of the old manan easy movement (=without effort)· She swung her legs off the bed in one easy movement.a smooth movement (=graceful)· Tom leaped over the fence in one smooth movement.a jerky movement (=with many starts and stops)· the jerky movements of a frightened horsea rhythmic movement (=with a strong rhythm)· When giving a massage, use firm rhythmic movements.a forward/backward movement· waves caused by the forward movement of the boatphrasesfreedom of movement (=when people can go wherever they want)· The automobile gave people a freedom of movement previously unknown.ease of movement (=when someone or something can move easily)· Cyclists wear tight fitting shorts for ease of movement.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a dancer's graceful movements
- Any movement will set off the alarm.
- He watched her graceful movements as she came towards him.
- I crept to the door, and with a sudden movement, opened it wide.
- Make gentle sweeping movements across the hedge so that the blade can cut on both sides.
- One of the leaders of the pro-democracy movement has been arrested.
- She was active in a number of political movements, including the campaign to end slavery.
- Soldiers were sent into the area to report on the enemy's movements.
- the movement of goods across state borders
- the movement of the human heart
- The aim of the civil rights movement was to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms.
- the civil rights movement
- The doctor thinks she'll recover quite a lot of movement, though maybe not all.
- The environmental movement has been trying to preserve our natural resources.
- the first movement of Bach's A Minor Violin Concerto
- The modern age of movement towards democracy began with the French Revolution in 1789.
- The slower you do sit-ups, the harder the movement is to do.
- There's been no movement in the dispute since Thursday.
- There is a gradual movement towards tolerance and understanding.
- We watched for signs of movement in the trees.
- As a baby can explore the world and learn through its movements, so Infant explores its world and expands its capabilities.
- During the 1920S, they worked furiously to force him out of movement leadership.
- It takes much time and effort to find recorded music that is suitable as movement accompaniment.
- Sethe took the opportunity afforded by his movement to shift as well.
- The prospect of still higher unemployment as growth slows is prompting movement on the union side.
- This is especially true of open reservoirs, less so on established pits or lakes where bankside vegetation restricts movement.
- Would a renewed Labour Party imply a revived trade union movement?
Longman Language Activatora gradual change from one thing to another
the process of change, especially gradual change, from one state or situation to another: transition from something to something: · The transition from a communist system to a free market economy will be difficult.transition to: · It's difficult for someone who's been a stage actor to make the transition to television.make a transition: · a scheme to help families making the transition from welfare to workbe in transition (=be changing at the moment): · The textile industry is currently in transition.transition period: · The new system will be introduced gradually over a six month transition period.
a gradual but important change in the way people think about something: shift in attitude/approach/policy etc: · There has been a big shift in attitudes towards sex during the past 50 years.marked shift (=a very clear shift): · We've seen a marked shift in our approach to the social issues.shift away from: · The new emphasis on human rights was a shift away from the policies of Nixon.shift towards: · He is very worried about the shift towards free market thinking in Eastern Europe.
a general change in the way people think or behave, especially one that is happening at the moment: · If present trends continue, the earth will be considerably warmer in fifty years.· Our managers are very alert to new trends in the industry.trend towards: · There is a growing trend towards payment by credit card.· The current trend in this area is towards part-time employment.
the gradual change of a country or society towards something different: move towards/to: · There is a move towards greater equality for women in the workplace.· Planners hope to encourage the move towards increased use of public transport.· The United Nations was supposed to supervise the move to independence.move away from: · Public sector unions are likely to oppose Blair's move away from government investment in health and transport.
a gradual change, especially a political or social change, in which a lot of people are involved: movement towards: · There is a gradual movement towards tolerance and understanding.· The modern age of movement towards democracy began with the French Revolution in 1789.
a group of people who are similar or have similar ideas a number of people who are similar in some way, or who have the same ideas and aims: · Their policy was to keep demonstrators from different political groups apart.group of: · The factory was burned down by a group of animal-rights activists.
British informal a group of people - use this especially about people that you do not like or do not approve of: · I don't like her new friends - they're a snobbish lot.lot of: · We've got another lot of visitors coming this weekend.that lot (=use this to show disapproval) spoken: · Don't take any notice of that lot, they're just ignorant.
a group of people, especially people who you think are strange or unusual: collection/assortment of: · There was an interesting collection of people at the wedding.· Jack brought an odd collection of characters home from the racetrack.· We shared the train compartment with an odd assortment of fellow travellers.
: the criminal/student/fascist etc element a group of people who have the same ideas, aims, beliefs etc that are different from those of a larger group - use this especially about people you do not like or agree with: · The chief had been warned that there were criminal elements within the Security Police.· They seem to be trying to get rid of all left-wing elements in the party.· The committee agreed on the need to get rid of the hooligan element amongst football supporters.
a large group of people who share the same ideas and beliefs, and who work together to achieve something important: · She was active in a number of political movements, including the campaign to end slavery.the peace/environmental/women's etc movement: · One of the leaders of the pro-democracy movement has been arrested.· The aim of the civil rights movement was to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms.
a group of artists, writers etc who share the same ideas, style of work etc: · There is no denying the influence of the Impressionist school in his painting.· He seems to be very much part of the Marxist school in his approach to politics.school of thought (=a group of people who believe in the same theory, idea etc): · One school of thought argues that introducing stiffer penalties would bring the crime rate down.
: literary/political/academic etc circles people who work in or are interested in literature, politics etc: · By 1920 she had written two novels, and had succeeded in winning recognition in literary circles. · It was the 1960s, and the military had become unpopular among academic and intellectual circles.
a group of people who are all dealt with together at the same time, for example because they are all starting something together: batch of: · The latest batch of new recruits had just arrived at the camp.
to move to go to a different place or to change the position of your body: · Every time I move I get a pain in my left shoulder.· Don't move, there's a spider on your back.move away/forward/towards etc: · Sarah moved away from the window.· My mother moved forward and grabbed my wrist.move around (=to different parts of an area): · I can hear someone moving around downstairs!
when someone or something moves: · Any movement will set off the alarm.· He watched her graceful movements as she came towards him.· The doctor thinks she'll recover quite a lot of movement, though maybe not all.movement of: · the movement of the human heartmovement towards/across/through etc: · Make gentle sweeping movements across the hedge so that the blade can cut on both sides.sudden movement: · I crept to the door, and with a sudden movement, opened it wide.
especially written to make a slight movement, for example just before you wake up or start to speak: · The sleeping child stirred and opened her eyes.· The crowd began to stir as the band walked on stage.
to make a movement, especially as you start to do something or try to do something: · "The dog won't touch you," she said , "unless you make a move towards me."· He made a move to kiss me, but I turned away.
to move to a different position in a bed, on a chair etc: · Move over a bit, I'm falling out of bed.· Penelope moved over and took the driver's seat.
British informal to move from one place or position to another, or to make something do this: · Jonas stood and listened, shifting uncomfortably from one foot to the other.· The sun had shifted to the west.· She shifted her gaze from me to Bobby with a look of suspicion.· The building's foundation has shifted, which is why there are cracks in the plaster.shift your legs/arm/foot etc: · Tell Alan to shift his feet so Maggie can sit down.· The leather armchair creaked as Roberts shifted his bulk.
someone who is against war someone who believes that all war and violence is wrong: · Bergson was imprisoned as a pacifist during the World War I.
strongly against war, especially a war that your country is fighting at the present time: anti-war protest/demonstration/campaigner: · During the Gulf War, there were several big anti-war demonstrations.· Anti-war feeling grew stronger in the US as the Vietnam conflict went on.
a group of people or countries that are peace-loving believe strongly in peace rather than war: · The Australian Aboriginals are a peace-loving race who live simply off the land.· As a nation, they are gentle and peace-loving.
all the people who protest against wars in general or against a particular war: · He was a tireless campaigner for the peace movement during the cold war.· The peace movement held a massive rally in Hyde Park today.
someone who joins in an organized protest against a war: · Peace protesters broke into the Administration building and occupied it for six days.· Some 40,000 peace demonstrators gathered in Bonn yesterday to protest agains the bombing.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 2averbs a civil rights leader Army roadblocks prevented any further forward movement. The legislation will allow the free movement of goods through all the countries in Europe. He gave a wave of his hand. Don’t move until I give the signal. a sudden movement an upward trend in sales a sharp upward movement in property pricesCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· He made a small movement with his head, to indicate the door.
· Some people have trouble controlling their hand movements.
(=make movement more difficult)· Clothes should not be so tight that they restrict your movement.
adjectives· He made a big sweeping movement with his arm.
· She made a restless little movement.
(=small)· His eye caught a slight movement behind the bushes.
· Don't make any quick movements that might scare the dog.
· the slow movements of the old man
(=without effort)· She swung her legs off the bed in one easy movement.
(=graceful)· Tom leaped over the fence in one smooth movement.
(=with many starts and stops)· the jerky movements of a frightened horse
(=with a strong rhythm)· When giving a massage, use firm rhythmic movements.
· waves caused by the forward movement of the boat
phrases (=when people can go wherever they want)· The automobile gave people a freedom of movement previously unknown.
(=when someone or something can move easily)· Cyclists wear tight fitting shorts for ease of movement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a civil rights leader (=changes in the values of currencies)· Global trends such as oil prices influence currency movements.
· It was hard work rowing against the direction of flow.
· the growth of the nuclear disarmament movement in the 1950s
(=all the groups concerned about the environment)· There are differences of opinion about nuclear power within the environmental movement.
Army roadblocks prevented any further forward movement. The legislation will allow the free movement of goods through all the countries in Europe. (=the right or ability to travel, or the ability to move your body freely)· Thanks to the automobile, Americans had a previously unknown freedom of movement.· The tight uniforms restrict their freedom of movement.
He gave a wave of his hand. Don’t move until I give the signal.· The disease means she has trouble controlling her hand movements.
(=the direction in which someone shoots, attacks, moves etc) I was directly in the animal’s line of attack.
I was directly in the animal’s line of attack. (=people who work together to achieve peace, and the things they do)· As a young man, he was involved in the peace movement.
· Students at the heart of the protest movement have called for a general strike.
(=all the people who work together to resist military forces controlling their country)· Members of the resistance movement were arrested and shot.
a sudden movement an upward trend in sales a sharp upward movement in property prices· So the civil rights movement began to splinter, and young blacks in particular followed more militant leaders.· That was the first issue in the Chicago civil rights movement.· It was enough to outrage the Loyalists without satisfying the Civil Rights movement at all.· Jesse Jackson supplied a picture that helped give the civil rights movement moral weight.· The Republicans are in the civil rights movement the same as they are in the trade unions.· A resolution approving the civil disobedience movement had been passed.· It was 1964, the civil rights movement was sweeping across the land, all the way into the halls of Congress.
· Nikki van der Gaag asks if there is still a feminist movement to defend them.· Women leaders and politicians have had their sexuality challenged from the earliest stirrings of the feminist movement in this country.· She remains one of the most powerful women in academic medicine and in the feminist movement.· Abzug, a powerhouse of the feminist movement for four decades, served three rambunctious terms in the House in the 1970s.· I had never in my life been to a political meeting or demonstration organized by the revitalized feminist movement.· The feminist movement really has to be about liberating the home as well as the marketplace as a choice.· Even a survey of fifteen powerful leaders of the feminist movement revealed that they wanted still more powerful men.
· Few games have been played in such restricted space yet provided so much furious forward movement and pace.· No forward movement was made that day.· Therefore, the forward movement at the top of the orbit is greater than the reverse movement at the bottom.· Though these goals sometimes had the effect of emphasizing quantity over quality, they resulted in substantial forward movement.· First of all, some forward cyclic is needed to initiate the forward movement.· The bus jolts into slow forward movement, and Grace guides Allen unsteadily back on to his seat.· One should not get carried away with forward movement.
· He finished with praise for the Free Church Council movement.· Travel means the free movement of people across boundaries.· This, of course, is essential for free movement to take place.· But occasional inconvenience is or ought to be the price we pay for having a free labor movement.· The leap forward of the last 20 years was assisted by free movements of capital.· The greatest source of insecurity, as noted, lay in competition and the free and unpredictable movement of competitive market prices.· They applaud the free movement of capital; they abhor the free movement of labour.
· In 1962 the only focus for the local Labour movement was the trades council.· Southwood was not much interested in the tactics of the Labour movement.· The aim of the Unity Campaign was propaganda within the Labour movement.· The Labour movement might not be a home for lesbians and gays, but it was certainly no longer enemy territory.· Each was conscious of its isolation, each felt the necessity of maintaining contact with the Labour movement.· The Labour movement was not, however, convinced by these arguments: rather it continued to oppose family allowances.· The right of the Labour movement were now firmly in control.
· Then he felt a new movement.· The supplementary motor area has shown increased activity during learning of new movements.· In short, no book which sets out to analyse modern occultism can afford to avoid this new movement.· Most people who became pentecostals joined the new movement from other denominations, so were not eager to cooperate with them.· At the time, however, the opportunity for an alliance failed to trigger a new mass movement.· The religious press in the first decade of pentecostal history teems with blistering attacks on the new movement.· To understand the new movement, one must go back to the time before rock and roll was born.
· We participated as part of the mass political movement against the exploitation in our country.· Having led his political movement to power, Netanyahu gave it two shocks that already have begun to tear it in half.· Everything I did personally and everything I explored in my own life seemed part of this much wider political and social movement.· Christians, and people of all faiths, have always participated in the political movements of this country.· On the continent, political movements are already emerging which thrive on the flow of refugees and exploit naked nationalism.· Johannes Uyttenbogaert was closely involved with the Remonstrants, a liberal and political movement opposed to the extremes of Calvinism.· Dissemination through publication Indeed, the origins of both traditions lay more in publishing activity than in organizing mass political movements.
· By 1984 the popular movement against the excesses and injustices of the Marcos regime was well-developed.· I learned something about the difference between a serious and quiet pursuit and a popular movement.· After 1848, the popular movement declined.· The arenas hired for these meetings seemed to match the modern creed of the new popular movement.· The history of popular movements and popular disturbances.· But the age of bourgeois triumph was precisely not one of revolutions nor even popular mass political movements.· In agriculture, the popular movement began to respond to the kind of difficulties that farmers like those in Zubaydat had encountered.· For these reasons, they have an enormous sense of solidarity with popular protest movements, trade unionists and political prisoners.
· But they left largely unchallenged the Bolshevik view of October 1917 itself as the greatest achievement of the world revolutionary movement.· On all sides, opportunities for growth are opening up for the revolutionary movement.· In addition the armed revolutionary movement was said to control or influence twenty percent of the country's villages.· The main center of the revolutionary movement thereupon shifted for the time being to the colonial countries.· Chapter 5 looks at attempts to explain violent political dissent and the surge of revolutionary movements.· The first was a developed bourgeoisie which needed bureaucracy as a weapon against revolutionary movements.· It was these conditions that gave rise to the revolutionary movement or Alexander's reign.· Instead, the party moulded the spontaneous protest of the working class into a consciously socialist revolutionary movement.
· To Western ears, the wind playing in the slow movement will probably sound execrable.· Here in the slow movement she allowed the gentle principal theme to flow naturally and above all musically.· To help him learn to regulate his motor system, games that combine slow and fast movements work well.· The most expansive and forward-looking of the three is the last in D, with its tragic minor-key slow movement.· It will be seen from tables 1 and 2 that such very slow movements were more frequent than one might expect.· His preference for very measured speeds in slow movements leads him to at least one serious miscalculation.· I much liked the unforced eloquence of both their slow movements, especially the Schubert-foreseeing Allegretto of the former.
· A thorough review of social movement theory and research in advanced industrial democracies.· They do not, that is to say, make a very large contribution to a theory of social movements.· This work traces the development of social movement theory and research.· Their analysis traces the political origins and impact of social movement activity in terms of the protection of individual rights of citizenship.· A comparison of these studies illustrates clearly their various contributions to the study social movements.· Besides being a political coalition, the Frente Amplio had a social movement identity.· Both measures of social mobilization are used to demonstrate the contours of social movement activity in the four cases.
· These sudden movements quake the Earth.· Farm support prices are a useful protection against sudden adverse price movements.· He didn't spare Schmidt a glance; his eyes held Culley's, waiting for the glint that betrays sudden movement.· Any sudden movement and you have sticky syrup all over the place, including the steering wheel.· That sudden movement, slight as it was, jerked away the stone which Chignell had placed behind one of the wheels.· We are all startled by this sudden movement.· But there was a sudden movement behind her.· Don't jump from grooming the back of the pony to the front, i.e. making sudden movements.
· Hypo F & C reckons to be able to achieve an average of 60% of any upward movement in the index.· The nystagmus consists of coarse oscillations that remain in the horizontal plane, even on upward and downward movements of the eyes.· This would drag the underlying asthenosphere along and promote a compensatory upward movement within the mantle under mid-oceanic ridges.· Some of the hedgehogs embellish their self-protection with an upward jerking movement.· Smoothing aims to remove any upward or downward movement in the series that is not part of a sustained trend.· Gently stroke the entire face with gentle upward movements as in Step 4. 14.· Dots and dashes could therefore be identified by the upward and downward movements of the current curve.· Somewhere around 1973, the upward movement in family incomes stalled.
NOUN· My, the clarity and attack of our bowel movements.· Describe in detail your last bowel movement, leaving out nothing.· Although it isn't necessary for a person to have a bowel movement every day, regular movements should be encouraged.· Q: I have a bowel movement once a week.· In the other subjects liquid bowel movements stopped after 24 hours.· How often an individual has a bowel movement is related to a number of factors.· Some patients may have recorded an episode of faecal incontinence as a bowel movement, before the beginning of retraining.· Ulcers also can cause vomiting, sometimes of blood, and can cause blood to show up in bowel movements.
· The program could also be controlled by a head or eye movement.· To further reduce eye movement, patients lie in bed, quiet, for up to a week.· This can disturb the normal eye movements that would be used by a fluent reader, and visual scanning can be impaired.· Eye convergence often inhibits the eye movements.· This spatial code is used to direct accurate and selective regressive eye movements.· The researchers would track eye movement to see which picture the tots would choose.· If rapid eye movements accompany dreaming, does it mean that our eyes are following the action of the dreams?· But in postoperative testing, both children were visually alert with full eye movements, although each showed intermittent strabismus.
· The loss to the liberation movement through gagging, imprisonment, intimidation and exile was enormous.· What is the connection, between your activities as a writer and the activities of the political liberation movement?· Elean: What is the programme of the liberation movement in relation to this specific question of male supremacy and the position of women?· As an aside the research revealed that just under half of the women questioned did not support the women's liberation movement.· The pressures that force these two processes do not cease after a national liberation movement attains power.· I would like to suggest that history has served its purpose so far as the liberation movement was concerned.
· The impact of war on ordinary lives was beginning to create the conditions for a mass peace movement.· In their latest incarnation, these cheerful blooms have lost their association with the peace movement.· He was involved in the peace movement but never a pacifist.· If Peres and Labor are defeated, the Likud Party has vowed to put the brakes on the peace movement.· Indeed when the hope finally collapsed, in the first six months of 1939, the peace movement collapsed with it.· Early in 1915 most of the younger activists resigned in order to devote their energies to developing a women's peace movement.· This is because there is no organised nuclear peace movement in the subcontinent to provide a focus for the disarmament constituency.· This in turn raises a series of further issues about rights of crucial importance to the peace movement.
· This gave the protest movements plenty of time to galvanize support.· At no moment before, or perhaps since, had the protest movement felt better or stronger.· Over the next two years the protest movement, a mixture of genuine discontent, sincere concern and self-indulgence, petered out.· Reducing women fundamentalists to obedient bystanders is to badly misunderstand the dynamics of the religious protest movement.· In 1986 the new Public Order Act came into force. Protest movements had to face some reduction of their freedoms.· May Day protest movement began in Chicago over 114 years ago.· What is needed now is the kind of global protest movement that Jubilee 2000 developed over debt relief.· A world-wide protest movement tried to prevent their execution, but they eventually went to the electric chair in 1927.
· Valuable information was sent back regarding troop movements, flying-bomb factory and assembly areas, and supply dumps.· The graphics depicting troop movements are simple-minded and drawn on forgettable backgrounds.· If the main troop movements were quicker than in 480 B.C., those of the scouts were faster still, in proportion.· Massive baggage trains enabled rapid troop movement by the Frankish army without repeated foraging.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the labour movement► the Tea Party movement► the women’s movement
- Police are trying to trace Carter's movements.
- Although it isn't necessary for a person to have a bowel movement every day, regular movements should be encouraged.
- How often an individual has a bowel movement is related to a number of factors.
- Q: I have a bowel movement once a week.
- Some patients may have recorded an episode of faecal incontinence as a bowel movement, before the beginning of retraining.
- De Rossa said that his breakaway group would form a new democratic socialist party.
- Members of a breakaway group who blocked traffic in University Square the same evening were forcibly dispersed by police.
- Nor were there frustrated breakaway movements from a handful of top clubs.
- Thus the breakaway group, organizing its own exhibition, was an obvious initiative.
- Despite the recent successes of house churches and charismatic movements, the overall picture is unchanged.
- Evangelical and charismatic church seem to be more successful in bring adults to faith.
- We see the resurgence in the new nonconformism of the house churches and sometimes in the charismatic movement.
- If the main troop movements were quicker than in 480 B.C., those of the scouts were faster still, in proportion.
- Soviet troop withdrawals Talks involving Col.-Gen.
- The agreement on troop withdrawal was to be regarded as the basis for a future treaty on the issue.
- The graphics depicting troop movements are simple-minded and drawn on forgettable backgrounds.
- Valuable information was sent back regarding troop movements, flying-bomb factory and assembly areas, and supply dumps.
WORD FAMILYnounmovemovementremovalremovermoveradjectivemovableunmovedmovingverbmoveremoveadverbmovingly
1people working together [countable] a group of people who share the same ideas or beliefs and who work together to achieve a particular aimcivil rights/feminist/peace etc movement the civil rights movement of the 1960smovement to do something Mendes led a movement to stop destruction of the rain forest.movement for the movement for independence2position/place [countable, uncountable] a)when someone or something changes position or moves from one place to another: the dancer’s graceful movementsmovement of A slight movement of the curtains showed where she was hiding. the movement of goods across the border He motioned to the door with a movement of his head. b)a planned change in the position of a group of soldiers: reports of troop movements in the area3change/development [uncountable] a gradual change or development in a situation or in people’s attitudes or opinions: There’s been no movement in the peace talks since Thursday.movement towards/away from a movement towards equality with men in the workplace4somebody’s movements the places where someone goes and the things they do during a certain period: Police are trying to trace Carter’s movements since Tuesday.5music [countable] one of the main parts into which a piece of music is divided, especially a symphony6clock/watch [countable usually singular] the moving parts of a piece of machinery, especially a clock or watch7body waste [countable] formal when you get rid of waste matter from your bowelsCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2averbsmake a movement· He made a small movement with his head, to indicate the door.control somebody's/something's movement· Some people have trouble controlling their hand movements.restrict/hinder somebody's movement (=make movement more difficult)· Clothes should not be so tight that they restrict your movement.adjectivesa big movement· He made a big sweeping movement with his arm.a small/little movement· She made a restless little movement.a slight movement (=small)· His eye caught a slight movement behind the bushes.a quick/sudden movement· Don't make any quick movements that might scare the dog.a slow movement· the slow movements of the old manan easy movement (=without effort)· She swung her legs off the bed in one easy movement.a smooth movement (=graceful)· Tom leaped over the fence in one smooth movement.a jerky movement (=with many starts and stops)· the jerky movements of a frightened horsea rhythmic movement (=with a strong rhythm)· When giving a massage, use firm rhythmic movements.a forward/backward movement· waves caused by the forward movement of the boatphrasesfreedom of movement (=when people can go wherever they want)· The automobile gave people a freedom of movement previously unknown.ease of movement (=when someone or something can move easily)· Cyclists wear tight fitting shorts for ease of movement.- good afternoon
- Good Book
- goodbye
- good cholesterol
- good day
- good evening
- good faith
- good-for-nothing
- Good Friday
- Good Friday Agreement
- good-hearted
- Good Housekeeping
- Good Humor
- good humour
- good-humoured
- good-humouredly
- goodie
- goodish
- Good King Wenceslas
- Good Life
- good-looker
- good-looking
- good looks
- goodly
- Goodman, Benny