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Move

//muːv// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
The act of moving; a movement.
"A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course."
2
the act of deciding to do something wordnet
3
An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
"He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen."
4
(game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game wordnet
5
A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
"She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move."

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6
the act of changing your residence or place of business wordnet
7
The event of changing one's residence.
"The move into my fiancé's house took two long days."
8
the act of changing location from one place to another wordnet
9
A change in strategy.
"I am worried about our boss's move."
10
a change of position that does not entail a change of location wordnet
11
A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
"Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland."
12
The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
"The best move of the game was when he sacrificed his rook in order to gain better possession."
13
A round, in which each player has a turn. plural-normally
"You can win in three moves if you do that."
14
Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction

Verb

1
To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another. intransitive
"A ship moves rapidly."
2
be in a state of action wordnet
3
To act; to take action; to begin to act intransitive
"to move in a matter"
4
go or proceed from one point to another wordnet
5
To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in. intransitive
"I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life."

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progress by being changed wordnet
7
To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another ergative, transitive
"The waves moved the boat up and down."
8
propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting wordnet
9
To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another. transitive
"She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board."
10
have a turn; make one's move in a game wordnet
11
To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. transitive
"This song moves me to dance."
12
give an incentive for action wordnet
13
To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion). transitive
"That book really moved me."
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have an emotional or cognitive impact upon wordnet
15
To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit intransitive, transitive
"I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform."
16
arouse sympathy or compassion in wordnet
17
To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint). obsolete, transitive
18
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion wordnet
19
To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to. obsolete, transitive
""Sir," seyde Sir Boys, "ye nede nat to meve me of such maters, for well ye wote I woll do what I may to please you.""
20
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically wordnet
21
To apply to, as for aid. obsolete, transitive
"To me she speaks; she moves me for her them"
22
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense wordnet
23
To request an action from the court. intransitive, transitive
"An attorney moved the court to issue a restraining order."
24
change residence, affiliation, or place of employment wordnet
25
To bow or salute upon meeting. intransitive, obsolete
26
dispose of by selling wordnet
27
To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs). transitive
"This business will fail if it can't move the inventory quickly."
28
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) wordnet
29
To transfer the value of one object in memory to another efficiently (i.e., without copying it in entirety). transitive
"We didn’t really want a copy; we just wanted to get the result out of a function: we wanted to move a Vector rather than to copy it."
30
follow a procedure or take a course wordnet
31
live one's life in a specified environment wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English moven, moeven, meven, borrowed from Old Northern French mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (“to move”) (compare modern French mouvoir from Old French movoir), from Latin movēre (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move, drive”). Cognate with Lithuanian mauti (“to push on, rush”), Sanskrit मीवति (mī́vati, “pushes, presses, moves”), Middle Dutch mouwe (“sleeve”). Largely displaced native English stir, from Middle English stiren, sturien, from Old English styrian.

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