movement
part of speech
noun (a movement, movements; movement, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Movement is changing position or place; moving. tree →
2) A movement is one action of moving, like a movement of the hand. tree →
3) A movement is a group of people working together to change something, like a peace movement. tree →
4) A movement is one main part of a long piece of music. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Sefer Yetzirah it is one of the twelve simple letters' foundations, an activity of living beings, and Zain is said to rule it. Interpretation: The book links each simple letter to an activity, a month and a part of the body, so Zain stands for Movement, Sivan, Gemini and the left foot. In the primary lessons: In science and PE, movement is made by muscles pulling on bones at joints; all living things move in some way (one of the life processes). Plants show movement too, turning towards light. In history and social studies, movements like the civil rights movement changed laws. In safety, keep still if an animal is near; sudden movements can scare it. Phrases: freedom of movement, a sudden movement, the movement of the Earth, the environmental movement.
examples
- God produced Zain, predominant in movement, crowned, combined, and formed Gemini in the world, Sivan in the year, and the left foot of man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- He produced Zain, predominant in Movement, crowned it, combined and formed it with Gemini in the Universe, Sivan in the Year, and the left foot of Man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- == Chapter 5 == [5:1] Twelve Simple Letters, Heh-Waw Zayin-Chet Tet-Yod Lamed-Nun ʽAyin-Samekh Tzadi-Qof—Their foundation is Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Eating, Sex, Work, Movement, Excitement, Play, Contemplation, Sleep. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- I saw a movement in the bushes. tree →
- Muscles and bones work together for movement. tree →
- Movement is one of the signs of life. tree →
- Don't make any sudden movements near the bees. tree →
- The civil rights movement fought for fair laws. tree →
- Dance is movement to music. tree →
- The first movement of the symphony was fast. tree →
- He made a movement towards her. tree →
note
Countable (a movement, many movements) or uncountable (movement in general). Verb: move. Spelling: move + ment, keep the e.
In the corpora
- Sports teams already use AI to analyse games and players' movements; too much analysing can take the fun out of a game.
- A flipbook shows how animation works: still pictures shown quickly look like movement.
- Even with computers, animators still decide every movement; the computer does not make the art by itself.
- Research shows sleep helps the brain store new movement skills, so practice plus rest works better than practising tired for hours.
- Fine hairs on spiders' legs sense the tiniest air movements and tell the spider which way they come from.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «movement» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.