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movement
English
Alternative forms
- mov., movt, mvmt, mvt (abbreviation and contractions used in music)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum.
Morphologically move +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mu?v.m?nt/
- Hyphenation: move?ment
Noun
movement (countable and uncountable, plural movements)
- Physical motion between points in space.
- Synonym: motion
- Antonym: stasis
- (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming motion, such as the wheelwork of a watch.
- The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
- A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
- (music) A large division of a larger composition.
- (music) Melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace.
- (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
- (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
- (bridge) A pattern in which pairs change opponents and boards move from table to table in duplicate bridge.
- An act of emptying the bowels.
- (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- speed
- symphony
- vector
- velocity
- The Movement (literature)
Middle French
Alternative forms
- mouvement
Etymology
From Old French movement.
Noun
movement m (plural movemens)
- movement
Descendants
- French: mouvement
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan; equivalent to mover +? -ment. Cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum.
Noun
movement m (plural movements)
- movement (physical motion)
- movement (trend in various fields)
Related terms
- mòure / mover
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 664.
Old French
Etymology
movoir +? -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin m?vimentum (itself probably partly based on the Old French or other early Romance cognates), from Latin move?.
Noun
movement m (oblique plural movemenz or movementz, nominative singular movemenz or movementz, nominative plural movement)
- movement
Descendants
- English: movement
- Middle French: movement, mouvement
- French: mouvement
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attention
English
Etymology
From Middle English attencioun, borrowed from Latin attentio, attentionis, from attendere, past participle attentus (“to attend, give heed to”); see attend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?n.??n/
Noun
attention (countable and uncountable, plural attentions)
- (uncountable) Mental focus.
- (countable) An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
- 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, ch. 3,
- She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper.
- 1910, Stephen Leacock, "How to Avoid Getting Married," in Literary Lapses,
- For some time past I have been the recipient of very marked attentions from a young lady.
- 1818, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, ch. 3,
- (uncountable, military) A state of alertness in the standing position.
- (uncountable, computing) A technique in neural networks that mimics cognitive attention, enhancing the important parts of the input data while giving less priority to the rest.
Synonyms
- (mental focus): heed, notice; see also Thesaurus:attention
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Interjection
attention
- (military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
- A call for people to be quiet/stop doing what they are presently doing and pay heed to what they are to be told or shown.
Translations
Further reading
- attention in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- attention in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Antonetti, tentation
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin attentio, attentionem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.t??.sj??/
Noun
attention f (uncountable)
- attention, (mental focus)
- vigilance
- attention (concern for or interest in)
- consideration, thoughtfulness
Derived terms
- faire attention
- prêter attention
Related terms
- attendre
- attentif
Interjection
attention !
- look out! watch out! careful!
Further reading
- “attention” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- tentation
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