movement

movement
movement n
1 (of person, dancer, head, wave, vehicle, machine part) mouvement m ; (of hand, arm) geste m ; an upward/downward movement un mouvement ascendant/descendant ; a graceful/sudden movement (of arm) un geste gracieux/brusque ; to watch sb's movements surveiller les faits et gestes de qn ;
2 fig (in prices, market, situation) mouvement m ; very little movement on the stock exchange/the political front très peu de mouvement à la Bourse/sur le front politique ; an upward/downward movement in prices une augmentation/diminution des prix ; a movement towards liberalization une évolution vers la libéralisation ; a movement away from marriage une tendance à rejeter le mariage ;
3 (organization, group) mouvement m (for en faveur de) ; mass movement mouvement de masse ; the trade union movement le mouvement syndicaliste ;
4 Mus mouvement m ; in three movements en trois mouvements ;
5 (transporting) acheminement m (of de ; by par) ;
6 (circulation) circulation f ; the free movement of goods la libre circulation des marchandises ;
7 Tech (of clock, watch) mouvement m ;
8 Med (of bowels) selles fpl ; to have a movement aller à la selle.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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