kæmˈpeɪn kɔːz kɔz kɹuːˈseɪd dɹɪft dɹaɪv ˈɛfət ˈɛfɚt fɹʌnt ˈməʊʃən ˈmoʊʃən muːv ˈmuːv.mənt 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 the act of changing the location of something the movement of cargo onto the vessel 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 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 the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) it was an expensive watch with a diamond 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 a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata the second movement is slow and melodic a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something 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 an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object the cinema relies on apparent motion the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement a euphemism for defecation he had a bowel movement