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{
"term": "movement",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an act of moving the body or part of the body",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "hand/eye movements"
},
{
"text": "She observed the gentle movement of his chest as he breathed."
},
{
"text": "Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement."
},
{
"text": "Power comes from the forward movement of the entire body."
},
{
"text": "Troy watched her every movement."
},
{
"text": "There was a sudden movement in the undergrowth."
},
{
"text": "The dance combined colour, movement and music."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "little", "slight"],
"verb + movement": ["execute", "make", "perform"],
"movement + verb": ["occur", "catch your eye", "startle somebody"],
"movement + noun": ["pattern"],
"preposition": ["in a movement", "movement away from", "movement from"],
"phrases": [
"the direction of movement",
"the rate of movement",
"the speed of movement"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an act of moving from one place to another or of moving something from one place to another",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "enemy troop movements"
},
{
"text": "laws to allow free movement of goods and services"
},
{
"text": "the mass movement of herds of wildebeest"
},
{
"text": "Fences restricted the movement of people and animals."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "little", "slight"],
"verb + movement": ["execute", "make", "perform"],
"movement + verb": ["occur", "catch your eye", "startle somebody"],
"movement + noun": ["pattern"],
"preposition": ["in a movement", "movement away from", "movement from"],
"phrases": [
"the direction of movement",
"the rate of movement",
"the speed of movement"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a group of people who share the same ideas or aims",
"sensetop": "movement for something",
"labels": "(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the trade union movement"
},
{
"text": "the labour movement"
},
{
"text": "the civil rights movement"
},
{
"text": "the Romantic movement *(= for example in literature)*"
},
{
"text": "to build/join/support a movement"
},
{
"text": "She led a movement for women's rights.",
"contextForm": "movement for something"
},
{
"text": "a mass movement for change"
}
],
"topics": ["Social issues", "Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["radical", "mass", "popular"],
"verb + movement": ["create", "establish", "found"],
"movement + verb": ["arise", "begin", "emerge (out of something)"],
"preposition": ["movement against", "movement for"],
"phrases": [
"the leader of a movement",
"a member of a movement",
"the rise of a movement"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a person’s activities over a period of time, especially as watched by somebody else",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The police are keeping a close watch on the suspect's movements."
},
{
"text": "to track/monitor somebody's movements"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["troop"],
"verb + movements": ["follow", "observe", "study"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a slow steady change in what people in society do or think",
"sensetop": "movement away from somethingmovement towards something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We see a big movement away from cash.",
"contextForm": "movement away from something"
},
{
"text": "a movement towards greater sexual equality",
"contextForm": "movement towards something"
}
],
"synonyms": "trend",
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "little", "slight"],
"verb + movement": ["execute", "make", "perform"],
"movement + verb": ["occur", "catch your eye", "startle somebody"],
"movement + noun": ["pattern"],
"preposition": ["in a movement", "movement away from", "movement from"],
"phrases": [
"the direction of movement",
"the rate of movement",
"the speed of movement"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "progress, especially in a particular task",
"sensetop": "movement (in something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It needs cooperation from all the countries to get any movement in arms control."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a change in amount",
"sensetop": "movement (in something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There has been no movement in oil prices."
},
{
"text": "We have no further movement to make on the offer."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "any of the main parts that a long piece of music is divided into",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the slow movement of the First Concerto"
}
],
"topics": ["Music"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["first", "opening", "second"],
"verb + movement": ["perform", "play"],
"preposition": ["in a movement", "in… movements"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "an act of emptying waste material from the bowels; the waste material that is emptied",
"labels": "(medical)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmuːvmənt/",
"audio": "mo/movement/movement__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmuːvmənt/",
"audio": "mo/movement/movement__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere ‘to move’."
}