n. The act or condition of moving, in any sense of that word.n. A particular act or motion; figuratively, a quality or effect as of motion.n. Action; incident.n. A course or series of actions or incidents moving more or less continuously in the direction of some specific end: as, the antislavery movement; a reactionary movement.n. The extent or value of commercial transactions for some specified time or place: as, the movement in coffee is insignificant.n. A particular form or arrangement of moving parts in mechanism: as, the movement of a watch (that is, all that part of a watch that is not the case); the movement of an organ or a pianoforte.n. Milit., a change of position of a body of troops in tactical or strategical evolutions.n. In music:n. Motion; melodic progression. See motion, 14.n. Rhythm; meter; accentual character: as, a march movement.n. Tempo; pace; relative speed of performance: as, with a quick movement.n. A principal division or section of an extended work, like a sonata or a symphony, having its own key, tempo, themes, and development, more or less distinct from the others.n. See the adjectives.