4 N‑VAR Movement is a gradual development or change of an attitude, opinion, or policy. □ [+ towards/away from ] …the movement towards democracy in Latin America.
5 N‑PLURAL Your movements are everything which you do or plan to do during a period of time. □ I want a full account of your movements the night Mr Gower was killed.
6 N‑COUNT A movement of a piece of classical music is one of its main sections. □ [+ of ] …the first movement of Beethoven's 7th symphony. COLLOCATIONS movement
1
noun + movement : civil rights, independence, protest, trade union
adjective + movement : environmental, revolutionary
verb + movement : join, support
5
verb + movement : monitor, track SYNONYMS movement NOUN 1
group: Members of an environmental group are staging a protest inside a chemical plant.
party: …a member of the Labour party.
organization: …a report by the International Labour Organisation.
mov|er /muː və r / (movers )
1 N‑COUNT [adj N ] If you describe a person or animal as a particular kind of mover , you mean that they move at that speed or in that way. □ We found him a nice horse–a good mover who could gallop.
2 → see also prime mover
3 N‑COUNT [usu pl] Movers are people whose job is to move furniture or equipment from one building to another. [mainly AM ] in BRIT, usually use removal men
4 PHRASE The movers and shakers in a place or area of activity are the people who have most power or influence. □ It is the movers and shakers of the record industry who will decide which bands make it.
movie ◆◆◇ /muː vi/ (movies )
1 N‑COUNT A movie is a film. [AM , also BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ In the first movie Tony Curtis ever made he played a grocery clerk.
2 N‑PLURAL You can talk about the movies when you are talking about seeing a movie in a movie theater. [mainly AM ] □ He took her to the movies. in BRIT, usually use the cinema
movie|goer /muː vigoʊə r / (moviegoers ) also movie-goer N‑COUNT A moviegoer is a person who often goes to the cinema. [AM ] in BRIT, usually use cinema-goer , film-goer
mo vie house (movie houses ) N‑COUNT A movie house is the same as a movie theater . [AM ]
mo vie star (movie stars ) N‑COUNT A movie star is a famous actor or actress who appears in films. [mainly AM ] in BRIT, usually use film star
mo vie thea|ter (movie theaters ) N‑COUNT A movie theater is a place where people go to watch films for entertainment. [AM ] in BRIT, use cinema
mov|ing /muː v I ŋ/
1 ADJ If something is moving , it makes you feel strongly an emotion such as sadness, pity, or sympathy. □ It is very moving to see how much strangers can care for each other. ● mov|ing|ly ADV [ADV with v] □ You write very movingly of your sister Amy's suicide.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] A moving model or part of a machine moves or is able to move.
3 PHRASE The moving spirit or moving force behind something is the person or thing that caused it to start and to keep going, or that influenced people to take part in it. □ [+ behind/in ] She alone must have been the moving spirit behind the lawsuit that lost me my position.
mo v|ing pi c|ture (moving pictures ) N‑COUNT A moving picture is a film. [OLD-FASHIONED ]
mow /moʊ / (mows , mowing , mowed , mowed or mown ) VERB If you mow an area of grass, you cut it using a machine called a lawnmower. □ [V n] He continued to mow the lawn and do other routine chores. [Also V ]
▸ mow down PHRASAL VERB If someone is mown down , they are killed violently by a vehicle or gunfire. □ [be V -ed P ] She was mown down on a pedestrian crossing. □ [V P n] Gunmen mowed down 10 people in one attack. [Also V n P ]
mow|er /moʊ ə r / (mowers )
1 N‑COUNT A mower is the same as a lawnmower .
2 N‑COUNT A mower is a machine that has sharp blades for cutting something such as corn or wheat.
MP ◆◆◇ /e m piː / (MPs ) N‑COUNT In Britain, an MP is a person who has been elected to represent the people from a particular area in the House of Commons. MP is an abbreviation for 'Member of Parliament'. □ Several Conservative MPs have voted against the government.
MP3 /e m piː θriː / N‑UNCOUNT MP3 is a kind of technology which enables you to record and play music from the internet.
M P3 play|er (MP3 players ) N‑COUNT An MP3 player is a machine on which you can play music downloaded from the internet.
MPEG /e mpeg/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] MPEG is a standard file format for compressing video images so that they can be stored or sent by email more easily. MPEG is an abbreviation for 'Motion Picture Experts Group'. [COMPUTING ]
mpg /e m piː dʒiː / mpg is written after a number to indicate how many miles a vehicle can travel using one gallon of fuel. mpg is an abbreviation for 'miles per gallon'. □ Fuel consumption is 38 mpg around town, 55 mpg on the open road.
mph /e m piː e I tʃ/ mph is written after a number to indicate the speed of something such as a vehicle. mph is an abbreviation for 'miles per hour'. □ Inside these zones, traffic speeds are restricted to 20 mph.