Collocations for "movement"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "movement" in context.
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movement
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [forward, backward, sideways, downward] movement
- a [gradual, sudden, calculated, robotic, swift] movement
- [am waiting for, need] a bowel movement
- [slight, little, significant] movement on the market
- a [social, worker's, liberal] movement
- the [suffragette, women's] movement
- her movement is [lethargic, slow] with this [disease, pain]
- his movements are [slow, restricted]
- the disease has [restricted, limited, reduced] his movement
- has there been any movement on the [proposal, price, market]?
- keep [track, a record] of [his, the suspect's] movements
- [trace, monitor] the movement of [funds, money, capital]
- a [sensor, monitor] that detects (the slightest) movement
- the free movement of [goods, people, persons, workers, EU nationals]
- the movement of [masses, water, people]
- a movement away from [tradition, paper books]
- a movement towards [computers, new technology, innovation]
- a movement for [democracy, equal opportunities, children]
- a movement to [create, provide, make, offer, promote, ensure, fight for]
'movement' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alive
- arrest
- art
- birth
- blur
- bowel
- continuous
- creation
- daughter
- dedicate
- dedication
- deeply
- detect
- devoted
- direction
- downward
- dynamic
- economy
- fast
- ferret
- flicker
- fluent
- fluid
- forefront
- forward
- frantic
- free
- further
- gain
- gather
- glide
- head
- heir
- inclusive
- lead
- limited
- mechanical
- model
- moderate
- muscle
- onward
- outward
- pain
- peace
- phrasal
- playful
- positive
- punk
- restoration
- restraint