Definition von move

Häufigkeit

move

(muːv )

Wortformen:plural, 3rd person singular present tense moves , present participle moving , past tense, past participle moved

1. Verb

When you move something or when it moves, its position changes and it does not remain still.

She moved the sheaf of papers into position. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]

You can move the camera both vertically and horizontally. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]

A traffic warden asked him to move his car. [VERB noun]

I could see the branches of the trees moving back and forth. [VERB preposition/adverb]

The train began to move. [VERB]

Synonyme:transfer, change, carry, transport Weitere Synonyme von move

2. Verb

When you move, you change your position or go to a different place.

She waited for him to get up, but he didn't move. [VERB]

There was so much furniture you could hardly move without bumping into something. [VERB]

He moved around the room, putting his possessions together. [VERB preposition/adverb]

She moved away from the window. [VERB preposition/adverb]

Synonyme:go, walk, march, advance Weitere Synonyme von move

Move is also a noun.

The doctor made a move towards the door.

Daniel's eyes followed her every move.

3. Verb

If you move, you act or you begin to do something.

Industrialists must move fast to take advantage of these new opportunities. [VERB]

Synonyme:take action, act, do something, take steps Weitere Synonyme von move

4. zählbares Substantiv [usually singular]

A move is an action that you take in order to achieve something.

The one point cut in interest rates was a wise move.

It may also be a good move to suggest she talks things over.

The thirty-five member nations agreed to the move.

Her latest disappearing act may be no more than a stunt, or a smart career move.

Synonyme:ploy, action, measure, step Weitere Synonyme von move

5. Verb

If a person or company moves, they leave the building where they have been living or working, and they go to live or work in a different place, taking their possessions with them.

My family home is in Yorkshire and they don't want to move. [VERB]

She had often considered moving to London. [VERB + to]

They move house fairly frequently. [VERB noun]

The London Evening Standard moved offices a few years ago. [VERB noun]

Synonyme:relocate, leave, remove, quit Weitere Synonyme von move

Move is also a noun.

Modigliani announced his move to Montparnasse in 1909.

6. Verb

If people in authority move someone, they make that person go from one place or job to another one.

His superiors moved him to another parish. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]

Ms Clark is still in position and there are no plans to move her. [VERB noun]

The family had to be moved because of an attack on their home. [VERB noun]

7. Verb

If you move from one job or interest to another, you change to it.

He moved from being an extramural tutor to being a lecturer in social history. [VERB + from/to]

In the early days Christina moved jobs to get experience. [VERB noun]

Synonyme:change, shift, convert, transform Weitere Synonyme von move

Move is also a noun.

His move to the chairmanship means he will take a less active role in day-to-day management.

8. Verb

If you move to a new topic in a conversation, you start talking about something different.

Let's move to another subject, Dan. [VERB + from/to]

9. Verb

If you move an event or the date of an event, you change the time at which it happens.

The club has moved its meeting to Saturday, January 22nd. [VERB noun + to]

The band have moved forward their Leeds date to October 27. [VERB noun with adverb]

[Also VERB noun]

10. Verb

If you move towards a particular state, activity, or opinion, you start to be in that state, do that activity, or have that opinion.

There is no doubt that the party has moved to the right. [VERB preposition/adverb]

It is already possible to start moving toward the elimination of nuclear weapons. [VERB preposition/adverb]

Since the Convention was drawn up, international opinion has begun to move against it. [VERB preposition/adverb]

Move is also a noun.

His move to the left was not a sudden leap but a natural working out of ideas.

11. Verb [usually cont]

If a situation or process is moving, it is developing or progressing, rather than staying still.

Events are moving fast. [VERB]

Someone has got to get things moving. [get n V-ing]

Synonyme:progress, develop, advance, make progress Weitere Synonyme von move

12. Verb [usually passive, with neg]

If you say that you will not be moved, you mean that you have come to a decision and nothing will change your mind.

Everyone thought I was mad to go back, but I wouldn't be moved. [be VERB-ed]

13. Verb

If something moves you to do something, it influences you and causes you to do it.

It was punk that first moved him to join a band seriously. [VERB noun to-infinitive]

The president was moved to come up with these suggestions after the hearings. [VERB noun to-infinitive]

Synonyme:drive, lead, cause, influence Weitere Synonyme von move

14. Verb

If something moves you, it has an effect on your emotions and causes you to feel sadness or sympathy for another person.

These stories surprised and moved me. [VERB noun]

His prayer moved me to tears. [VERB noun + to]

Synonyme:touch, affect, excite, impress Weitere Synonyme von move

moved Adjektiv [verb-link ADJECTIVE]

Those who listened to him were deeply moved.

15. Verb

If you say that someone moves in a particular society, circle, or world, you mean that they know people in a particular social class or group and spend most of their time with them.

She moves in high-society circles in London. [VERB + in]

Synonyme:circulate, mix, associate, go round Weitere Synonyme von move

16. Verb

At a meeting, if you move a motion, you formally suggest it so that everyone present can vote on it.

Labour quickly moved a closure motion to end the debate. [VERB noun]

I move that the case be dismissed. [VERB that]

Synonyme:propose, suggest, urge, recommend Weitere Synonyme von move

17. zählbares Substantiv

A move is an act of putting a chess piece or other counter in a different position on a board when it is your turn to do so in a game.

With no idea of what to do for my next move, my hand hovered over the board.

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23. to move the goalposts

24. to move heaven and earth

25. to move a muscle

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Häufigkeit

move in American

(muv ; mo̅ov)

Verb transitivWortformen:moved or ˈmoving

to change the place or position of; push, carry, or pull from one place or position to another

to set or keep in motion; actuate, impel, turn, stir, etc.

to cause or persuade (to act, do, say, speak, etc.); prompt

to arouse or stir the emotions, passions, or sympathies of

to propose or suggest; esp., to propose formally, as in a meeting

to cause (the bowels) to evacuate

7. Business

to dispose of (goods) by selling

Verb intransitiv

to change place or position; go (to some place)

to change one's place of residence, business, etc.

10.

to live or be active in a specified milieu or setting

to move in artistic circles

11.

to make progress; advance

12.

to take action; begin to act

13.

to be, or be set, in motion

to operate in a certain fixed motion; turn, revolve, etc.

said of machines

14.

to make a formal appeal or application (for)

move for a new trial

15.

to evacuate

said of the bowels

16. Informal

to start leaving; depart

often with on

time to be moving on

17. Chess and Checkers Etc

to change the position of a piece

to be put in another position

said of a piece

18. Business

to be disposed of by sale

said of goods

Substantiv

19.

the act of moving; a movement

20.

one of a series of actions toward some goal

21.

a change of residence, business location, etc.

22. Chess and Checkers Etc

the act of moving or a player's turn to move

23. Slang

an action, device, trick, etc. intended to deceive; esp., in sports, a deceptive maneuver or movement

SIMILAR WORDS: afˈfect

Redewendungen:

put the moves (or a move) on

Wortherkunft von move

ME moven < Anglo-Fr mover < OFr movoir < L movere < IE base *mew-, to push away > Sans mīvati, (he) shoves

Häufigkeit

move in British

(muːv )

Verb

to go or take from one place to another; change in location or position

2. (usually intr)

to change (one's dwelling, place of business, etc)

to be or cause to be in motion; stir

4. (intransitive)

(of machines, etc) to work or operate

5. (transitive)

to cause (to do something); prompt

6. (intransitive)

to begin to act

move soon or we'll lose the order

7. (intransitive)

to associate oneself with a specified social circle

to move in exalted spheres

8. (intransitive)

to make progress

9. (transitive)

to arouse affection, pity, or compassion in; touch

10.

(in board games) to change the position of (a piece) or (of a piece) to change position

11. (intransitive)

(of merchandise) to be disposed of by being bought

12. (when tr, often takes a clause as object; when intr, often foll by for)

to suggest (a proposal) formally, as in debating or parliamentary procedure

13. (intr; usually foll by on or along)

to go away or to another place; leave

14.

to cause (the bowels) to evacuate or (of the bowels) to be evacuated

15. (intransitive) informal

to be exciting or active

the party started moving at twelve

16. move heaven and earth

Substantiv

17.

the act of moving; movement

18.

one of a sequence of actions, usually part of a plan; manoeuvre

19.

the act of moving one's residence, place of business, etc

20. (in board games)

a player's turn to move his or her piece or take other permitted action

a permitted manoeuvre of a piece

21. get a move on

22. make a move

23. make one's move

24. on the move

Wortherkunft von move

C13: from Anglo-French mover, from Latin movēre

Häufigkeit

move in Retail

(muv)

Wortformen:(present) moves, (past) moved, (perfect) moved, (progressive) moving

Verb

(Retail: Merchandising)

To move merchandise is to sell it.

In a recession, large department stores will have a difficult time moving products.

In the food court, managers aim to move product at its freshest rather than having any left at the end of the day.

To move merchandise is to sell it.

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What teams will make a move as they chase glory or try to move away from danger? The Sun (2016)The move could cut the amount of cardboard required to protect home deliveries. Times, Sunday Times (2016)One false move and you are out. The Sun (2016)He may well move on in a year or two. The Sun (2016)They are moving to places where there are very few ethnic minorities. The Sun (2016) The move downgrades the role of the conductor or guard who previously had responsibility for the train doors. Times, Sunday Times (2017)First, investors have moved back into equities from their previously cautious positions in less risky bonds. Times, Sunday Times (2016)Council workers carrying chainsaws and backed by 12 cops moved in at 5am after neighbours were woken and asked to move their cars. The Sun (2016)US officials say that, given the risks, the most aggressive counter moves remain unlikely. Times, Sunday Times (2016)The risks of a false move are obvious. Times, Sunday Times (2006)They must not be moved one inch. Hyland, Paul Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent (1994)We will work hard to get something moving for him. Times, Sunday Times (2013)Yet there was another career move waiting in the wings. Times, Sunday Times (2015)It is doing so under the auspices of its move to cut unnecessary regulation. Times, Sunday Times (2006)But the cameras have already moved on. Times, Sunday Times (2007)Think of it as the opening move in a chess game. Times, Sunday Times (2012)These bees carry a gene that causes them to move dead brood out from inside the hive. Times, Sunday Times (2010)And he may move away from pop tunes. The Sun (2011)Standing she moved down the train and took another seat. Christopher Ross TUNNEL VISIONS: Journeys of an Underground Philosopher (2001) Traffic moves at five miles an hour. Times, Sunday Times (2007)The game plan will change as we move along. The Sun (2014)We should move away from thinking of marriage as a career move in itself. Times, Sunday Times (2011)It is not known what made the car move. The Sun (2010)The units fit at the back of the counter moving up and down behind drawers and shelves. Times, Sunday Times (2012)These two differ in the way they balance "static" and "moving" parts. Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)The war caused many people to move from place to place. Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)This was a powerful and moving act of selflessness. Times, Sunday Times (2011)Tell your parents you are signing up for a new college degree and intend to move back in. Times, Sunday Times (2007)United are expected to make fresh moves for a midfielder and left back in January. Times, Sunday Times (2013)