Movements

Definition

movement / 'mu:vmǝnt / n ၁။ [U,C] လႈပ္ရွားမႈ။ hand/eye movements ❍ the gentle movement of his chest as he breathes ❍ Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement. ❍ I detected a slight movement in the undergrowth. ၂။ (က) [C] (တပ္) လႈပ္ရွားမႈ၊ ေရႊ႕မႈ။ large- scale troop movements. (ခ) movements [pl] လႈပ္ရွားမႈ။ The police have been keeping a close watch on the suspects' movements. ၃။ [sing] ~ (away from/ towards sth) ဦးတည္မႈ။ လႈပ္ရွားမႈ။ a movement towards greater freedom in fashion styles. ၄။ [U,C] ~ (in sth) အေျပာင္းအလဲ။ အတက္အက်။ not much movement in oil prices. ၅။ [CGp, C] ~ (to do sth) လႈပ္ရွားမႈ။ the aims/ members/ achievements of the Labour Movement ❍ poets of the Romantic movement ❍ found a mass movement to promote women's rights. ၆။ [C] ( music ) ရွည္လ်ားေသာ (ဂီတမဟာလက္ရာ တစ္ခုမွ) အပိုဒ္ တစ္ပိုဒ္။ a symphony in four movements. ၇။ [C] ( US fml ) (ဆီး၊ ဝမ္း စသည္) သြားျခင္း။

Examples

1. The peace movement
2. There have been several movements for reform over the last century.
3. Rhythmic movements
4. The injury has restricted movement in his arm.
5. The agreement governs the free movement of goods between countries.
6. We have seen a growing movement towards natural medicine.
7. There has been little movement in the negotiations since January.
8. Their job is to monitor the movements of suspected terrorists.