Hyphenation of movement

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word movement ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

move-ment

Definitions of movement :

1.
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
2.
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
3.
A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
4.
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
5.
A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata
The second movement is slow and melodic
6.
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
7.
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
8.
A euphemism for defecation
He had a bowel movement
9.
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
10.
The driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock)
It was an expensive watch with a diamond movement
11.
The act of changing the location of something
The movement of cargo onto the vessel

Synonyms of movement :

noun motion, move, motility, change
noun motion, happening, occurrence, natural event
noun motion, move, change
nounsocial movement, front, social group
nounmusical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
noun campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, venture
nounapparent motion, motion, apparent movement, optical illusion
nounbowel movement, bm, defecation, laxation, shitting
noun drift, trend, inclination, disposition, tendency
noun action, action mechanism
noun change

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