movement English · revision 2656

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1374|origins=la movēre}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈmuːv.mənt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|mevement]], movement,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|movement|t=movement, exercise; start, instigation]] (modern French mouvement),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[la-med|movimentum]],^(Etymonline)^(COED 2004)^(SOED 2002) from [[la|movēre|t=to move, set in motion]],^(Etymonline)^(COED 2004) from [[ine-pro|*meue-|t=to push away]].^(Etymonline) Merriam-Webster derives the French word from movoir “to move” and the suffix -ment.^(MWU 2024) It is related to [[move]].^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Change of position, passage from place to place: about 1374,^(OED 1989) the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1490 ''movement'' was used for “moment”, now obsolete.^(OED 1989) A move in chess, from 1734, is obsolete.^(OED 1989) The tactical movement of troops is from 1784.^(OED 1989) In music a movement is a major division of a piece, from 1776.^(Etymonline) In the social, political and artistic sense, a series of actions by a group of people working towards some goal, it is from 1828.^(Etymonline) The activities of a person, ''movements'', is from 1833,^(OED 1989) and the moving of cattle between districts from 1869.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1374 – change of position.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1490 – used for “moment” (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1776 – a part of a piece of music.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1784 – a military movement.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1828 – a social or political movement.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1833 – a person's movements.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of moving; a change of position.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # A group of people working together for a shared cause: ''the labour movement''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # A change in position of troops, ships or aircraft.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(music)'' A main section of a long work such as a [[symphony]].^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

+ # ''(plural)'' A person's activities over a period of time.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[countermovement]]

+ * [[bowel movement]]

+ * [[Brownian movement]]

+ * [[Oxford movement]]

+ * [[pincer movement]]

+ * [[rapid eye movement]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[move]]

+ * [[motion]]

+ * [[motive]]

+ * [[mobile]]

+ * [[moment]]

+ * [[emotion]]

+ * [[remove]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}