movement

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  2. noun the act of changing location from one place to another
  3. noun a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

Etymology

From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring. Morphologically move + -ment.

In classic literature

Synonyms

motion, move, motility

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