How to pronounce movement
American English pronunciation
MOOV-ment
- IPA
- /ˈmuvmənt/
- Syllables
- MOOV · ment (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What movement means
Most people know movement in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
One main section of a long piece of music
In a sentence: The orchestra played the slow second movement so softly that the hall went still.
Where it comes from: It comes through French from the Latin word movere, meaning to move. It is the same word as any other movement.
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