motion movement move | the act of changing location from one place to another, police controlled the motion of the crowd, the movement of people from the farms to the cities, his move put him directly in my path |
movement | the act of changing the location of something, the movement of cargo onto the vessel |
troop movement | movement of military units to a new location |
motion movement move motility | a change of position that does not entail a change of location, the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise, movement is a sign of life, an impatient move of his hand, gastrointestinal motility |
fetal movement foetal movement | motion of a fetus within the uterus (usually detected by the th week of pregnancy) |
eye movement | the movement of the eyes |
campaign cause crusade drive movement effort | a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end, he supported populist campaigns, they worked in the cause of world peace, the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant, the movement to end slavery, contributed to the war effort |
anti-war movement | a campaign against entering or continuing a war |
feminist movement feminism women's liberation movement women's lib | the movement aimed at equal rights for women |
gay liberation movement gay lib | the movement aimed at liberating homosexuals from legal or social or economic oppression |
youth movement youth crusade | political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people |
approach attack plan of attack | ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation, his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons, an attack on inflation, his plan of attack was misguided |
floor plan | scale drawing of a horizontal section through a building at a given level, contrasts with elevation |
ground plan | a floor plan for the ground level of a building |
movement | the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock), it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement |
plan architectural plan | scale drawing of a structure, the plans for City Hall were on file |
kinesthesis kinaesthesis kinesthesia kinaesthesia kinesthetics muscle sense sense of movement | the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body |
kinesthesia kinaesthesia feeling of movement | the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc |
design plan | an arrangement scheme, the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult, it was an excellent design for living, a plan for seating guests |
plan program programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished, they drew up a six-step plan, they discussed plans for a new bond issue |
master plan | a long-term outline of a project or government function, the zoning board adopted a master plan for the new development |
plan of action | a plan for actively doing something |
battle plan | plan for conducting a battle |
travel plan itinerary | a proposed route of travel |
game plan | (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport |
game plan | (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs, newscasters speculated about the President's game plan for an invasion |
plot secret plan game | a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal), they concocted a plot to discredit the governor, I saw through his little game from the start |
pension plan pension account retirement plan retirement savings plan retirement savings account retirement account retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
Keogh plan | a tax-deferred pension plan for employees of unincorporated businesses or for self-employed persons |
employee savings plan | a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer |
stock purchase plan | an organized plan for employees of a company to buy shares of its stock |
employee stock ownership plan ESOP | a program under which employees regularly accumulate shares and may ultimately assume control of the company |
Romanticism Romantic Movement | a movement in literature and art during the late th and early th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization, Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality |
drift trend movement | a general tendency to change (as of opinion), not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book, a broad movement of the electorate to the right |
Salafism Salafi movement | a militant group of extremist Sunnis who believe themselves the only correct interpreters of the Koran and consider moderate Muslims to be infidels, seek to convert all Muslims and to insure that its own fundamentalist version of Islam will dominate the world |
movement | a major selfontained part of a symphony or sonata, the second movement is slow and melodic |
movement motion | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
crustal movement tectonic movement | movement resulting from or causing deformation of the earth's crust |
periodic motion periodic movement | motion that recurs over and over and the period of time required for each recurrence remains the same |
Black September Movement | a former Palestinian terrorist organization (now merged with Fatah Revolutionary Council) that assassinated the Prime Minister of Jordan and during the Olympic Games in Munich killed Israeli athletes |
East Turkistan Islamic Movement East Turkestan Islamic Movement | a group of Uighur Muslims fighting Chinese control of Xinjiang, declared by China in to be terrorists although there is a long history of cycles of insurgency and repression |
Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement | a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon, seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel, is opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of terrorist activity in Israel, pioneered suicide bombing |
Harkat-ul-Mujahidin HUM Harkat ul-Ansar HUA Harkat ul-Mujahedeen Al Faran Movement of Holy Warriors | an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the s, now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan |
Lautaro Youth Movement Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movement Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces | a violent terrorist group organized in the s and advocating the overthrow of the Chilean military government, leaders are mainly criminals or impoverished youths |
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE Tamil Tigers Tigers World Tamil Association World Tamil Movement | a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began inas a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students, currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam, relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel, the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war |
Tareekh e Kasas Movement for Revenge | an organization of Muslims in India who killed Hindus in September , believed to have ties with Muslim terrorists in Pakistan |
Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Anaru MRTA | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru, was formed in to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime, has connections with the ELN in Bolivia |
commission plan | a municipal government that combines legislative and executive authority in the members of a commission |
movement social movement front | a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals, he was a charter member of the movement, politicians have to respect a mass movement, he led the national liberation front |
artistic movement art movement | a group of artists who agree on general principles |