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verb (used without object)
1.
to pass from one place or position to another.
2.
to go from one place of residence to another: They moved from Tennessee to Texas.
3.
to advance or progress: The red racing car moved into the lead.
4.
to have a regular motion, as an implement or a machine; turn; revolve.
5.
EXPANDto sell or be sold: That new model is moving well.
6.
to start off or leave: It's time to be moving.
7.
to transfer a piece in a game, as chess or checkers.
8.
(of the bowels) to discharge or eject the feces; evacuate.
9.
to be active in a particular sphere: to move in musical society.
10.
to take action; proceed.
11.
COLLAPSEto make a formal request, application, or proposal: to move for a new trial.
verb (used with object)
12.
to change from one place or position to another.
14.
to prompt, actuate, or impel to some action: What moved you to do this?
15.
to arouse or excite the feelings or passions of; affect with emotion (usually followed by to): to move someone to anger.
16.
EXPANDto affect with tender or compassionate emotion; touch: The tale of tragedy moved her.
17.
to transfer (a piece in a game) from one position to another.
18.
to dispose of (goods) by sale.
19.
to cause (the bowels) to discharge or eject the feces.
20.
to propose formally, as to a court or judge, or for consideration by a deliberative assembly.
21.
COLLAPSEto submit a formal request or proposal to (a court, a sovereign, etc.).
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noun
Verb phrases22.
an act or instance of moving; movement.
23.
a change of location or residence.
24.
an action toward an objective or goal; step: a move toward a higher tax.
25.
(in chess, checkers, etc.) a player's right or turn to make a play.
26.
a play or maneuver, as in a game or sport.
27.
move in, to begin to occupy a place in which to live or work.
28.
move in on, Informal.
a.
to approach or make advances toward usurping another's success, authority, position, or the like.
b.
to take aggressive steps to control or possess: The company has not yet moved in on the consumer market.
29.
move on, to approach or attack as a military target: The army is moving on the capital itself.
30.
move out, to leave a place in order to start or continue a planned march, maneuver, journey, etc.: The troops will move out of the encampment at dawn.
31.
EXPANDmove over, to change or cause to change to another position, especially to make room for another: to make space by moving over.
32.
COLLAPSEmove up, to advance to a higher level.
33.
get a move on, Informal.
a.
to begin; act: We'd better get a move on before it rains.
b.
to hurry; hasten.
34.
make one's move, Informal. to act, especially to assert oneself at an opportune time.
35.
on the move,
a.
busy; active: on the move from morning till night.
b.
going from place to place: Infantry units have been on the move all day.
c.
advancing; progressing: an industry on the move.
36.
put moves on, Slang. to make sexual advances toward. Also, make a move on.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English meven, moven < Anglo-French mover ≪ Latin movēre
1200–50; Middle English meven, moven < Anglo-French mover ≪ Latin movēre
Related forms
coun·ter·move, noun
coun·ter·move, verb, -moved, -mov·ing.
out·move, verb (used with object), -moved, -mov·ing.
un·moved, adjective
Synonyms
1. stir, budge. See advance. 2. remove. 4. spin, gyrate, rotate, operate. 12. shift, transfer; propel. 13. agitate. 14. influence, induce, incite, instigate, lead. 22. See motion.
1. stir, budge. See advance. 2. remove. 4. spin, gyrate, rotate, operate. 12. shift, transfer; propel. 13. agitate. 14. influence, induce, incite, instigate, lead. 22. See motion.
Antonyms
12. fix.
12. fix.
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Word Origin & History
move
late 13c., from Anglo-Fr. movir (O.Fr. moveir), from L. movere "move, set in motion" (pp. motus, freq. motare), from PIE base *meue- (cf., Skt. kama-muta "moved by love" and probably mivati "pushes, moves;" Lith. mauti "push on;" Gk. ameusasthai "to surpass," amyno "push away"). Meaning "to affect with
EXPANDemotion" is from c.1300; that of "to prompt or impel toward some action" is from late 14c. Sense of "to change one's place of residence" is from 1707. Meaning "to propose (something) in an assembly, etc.," is first attested mid-15c. The noun in the gaming sense is from 1650s. Phrase on the move "in the process of going from one place to another" is from 1796; get a move on "hurry up" is Amer.Eng. colloquial from 1888. Related: Moved; moving.
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