ETYM French mouvement. Related to Move, Moment.
1. The act of changing the location of something.
2. A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something; SYN. motion.
3. The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock).
4. A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; SYN. front.
5. A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata.