Commentary: MOVEMENT[+event] motion, movement, move, motility, apparent movement - the act of changing the location of something; or the apparent act of changing location
Examples:
The reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise.
Movement is a sign of life.
An impatient move of his hand...
Gastrointestinal motility...
The movement of Earth along it's orbit...
Police controlled the movement of the crowd.
The movement of people from the farms to the cities...
His move put him directly in my path.
The movement of cargo onto the vessel.
The cinema relies on apparent motion.
The succession of flashing lights create an illusion of movement.
Mappings:
PropBank: movement.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1 2 3 7 11
Commentary: MOVEMENT[+event] drift, movement, tendency - a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Examples:
Not openly liberal but that is the movement of the book.
A broad movement of the electorate to the right.
Mappings:
PropBank: movement.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 9
Commentary: MOVEMENT[+event] front, campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort - a group of people or a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
Examples:
He was a charter member of the movement.
Politicians have to respect a mass movement.
He led the national liberation movement.
He supported populist movements.
They worked in the movement of world peace.
The team was ready for a movement toward the pennant.
The movement to end slavery...
Mappings:
PropBank: movement.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 4 6
Commentary: MOVEMENT[+event] a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
Examples:
The second movement is slow and melodic.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary: the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
Examples:
It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 10
Commentary: MOVEMENT[+event] bowel movement, movement - a euphemism for defecation
Examples:
He had a bowel movement.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 8