{
    "term": "movement",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an act of moving the body or part of the body",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "hand/eye movements"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She observed the gentle movement of his chest as he breathed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Power comes from the forward movement of the entire body."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Troy watched her every movement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a sudden movement in the undergrowth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dance combined colour, movement and music."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "little", "slight"],
                "verb + movement": ["execute", "make", "perform"],
                "movement + verb": ["occur", "catch your eye", "startle somebody"],
                "movement + noun": ["pattern"],
                "preposition": ["in a movement", "movement away from", "movement from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the direction of movement",
                    "the rate of movement",
                    "the speed of movement"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an act of moving from one place to another or of moving something from one place to another",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "enemy troop movements"
                },
                {
                    "text": "laws to allow free movement of goods and services"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the mass movement of herds of wildebeest"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fences restricted the movement of people and animals."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "little", "slight"],
                "verb + movement": ["execute", "make", "perform"],
                "movement + verb": ["occur", "catch your eye", "startle somebody"],
                "movement + noun": ["pattern"],
                "preposition": ["in a movement", "movement away from", "movement from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the direction of movement",
                    "the rate of movement",
                    "the speed of movement"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a group of people who share the same ideas or aims",
            "sensetop": "movement for something",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the trade union movement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the labour movement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the civil rights movement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Romantic movement *(= for example in literature)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to build/join/support a movement"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She led a movement for women's rights.",
                    "contextForm": "movement for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a mass movement for change"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues", "Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["radical", "mass", "popular"],
                "verb + movement": ["create", "establish", "found"],
                "movement + verb": ["arise", "begin", "emerge (out of something)"],
                "preposition": ["movement against", "movement for"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the leader of a movement",
                    "a member of a movement",
                    "the rise of a movement"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a person’s activities over a period of time, especially as watched by somebody else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The police are keeping a close watch on the suspect's movements."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to track/monitor somebody's movements"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["troop"],
                "verb + movements": ["follow", "observe", "study"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a slow steady change in what people in society do or think",
            "sensetop": "movement away from somethingmovement towards something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We see a big movement away from cash.",
                    "contextForm": "movement away from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a movement towards greater sexual equality",
                    "contextForm": "movement towards something"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "trend",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "little", "slight"],
                "verb + movement": ["execute", "make", "perform"],
                "movement + verb": ["occur", "catch your eye", "startle somebody"],
                "movement + noun": ["pattern"],
                "preposition": ["in a movement", "movement away from", "movement from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "the direction of movement",
                    "the rate of movement",
                    "the speed of movement"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "progress, especially in a particular task",
            "sensetop": "movement (in something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It needs cooperation from all the countries to get any movement in arms control."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "a change in amount",
            "sensetop": "movement (in something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There has been no movement in oil prices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have no further movement to make on the offer."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "any of the main parts that a long piece of music is divided into",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the slow movement of the First Concerto"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["first", "opening", "second"],
                "verb + movement": ["perform", "play"],
                "preposition": ["in a movement", "in… movements"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "an act of emptying waste material from the bowels; the waste material that is emptied",
            "labels": "(medical)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmuːvmənt/",
                "audio": "mo/movement/movement__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmuːvmənt/",
                "audio": "mo/movement/movement__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere ‘to move’."
}