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noun
The act of moving; a movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The event of changing one's residence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: removal, relocation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A change in strategy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: board games
Synonyms: play
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A round, in which each player has a turn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural-normally
Qualifier: board games
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, syntax
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: shift, stir, adjust, disrupt, disturb, move, place, position, put, relocate, reposition, set, station, transfer, transpose
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To act; to take action; to begin to act
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: get moving, stir, take action
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place; similarly to change the location of another establishment such as a business. See also move out and move in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: flit, move house, remove, shift
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To transport (an item) as part of changing residences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ergative, transitive
Synonyms: drive, impel, propel, stir
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: board games
Topics: board-games, chess, games
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: entice, induce, inveigle, persuade, sway
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: affect, excite, touch, trouble
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bring up, mention, move, reference, toss up, touch, touch on
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: motivate, provoke, abet, actuate, goose, fuel, light a fire under, send, sting, bring about, cheer, draw, drive, encourage, egg on, engender, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, ignite, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, lash, motive, move, obligate, oblige, push, promote, prompt, rouse, set off, spark off, spur, spur on, stimulate, stir, stir up, stoke, tempt, urge, whet, whip up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To apply to, as for aid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To request an action from the court.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Topics: law
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To bow or salute upon meeting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To transfer the value of one object in memory to another efficiently (i.e., without copying it in entirety).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of deciding to do something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decision, determination, conclusion
Narrower terms: demarche, maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre
noun
(game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: turn, play
Narrower terms: chess move
noun
the act of changing your residence or place of business
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: relocation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: flit, overspill
noun
the act of changing location from one place to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: motion, movement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: approach, approaching, coming, progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion, locomotion, travel, lurch, lunge, traveling, travelling, pursuit, chase, pursual, following, rise, ascent, ascension, ascending, descent, swing, swinging, vacillation, return, slide, glide, coast, slippage, flow, stream, crawl, speed, speeding, hurrying, translation, displacement, shift, shifting, haste, hurry, rush, rushing, maneuver, manoeuvre, play, migration
noun
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: motion, movement, motility
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
Narrower terms: abduction, adduction, agitation, body English, circumduction, disturbance, fetal movement, foetal movement, flit, dart, gesture, headshake, headshaking, inclination, inclining, inversion, eversion, everting, upending, jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade, kick, kicking, kneel, kneeling, lurch, pitch, pitching, eye movement, opening, prostration, reach, reaching, stretch, reciprocation, reclining, retraction, retroflection, retroflexion, rotation, rotary motion, shutting, closing, sitting, posing, snap, squat, squatting, sweep, toss, vibration, quiver, quivering, wave, waver, flutter, flicker, standing, straddle, span, stroke, wiggle, wriggle, squirm, eurythmy, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurhythmics
verb
be in a state of action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: be active
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: bestir, rouse
verb
go or proceed from one point to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, vary
Narrower terms: step, scroll, sink, pass, lapse
verb
progress by being changed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: go, run
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
verb
propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: make a motion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: propose, suggest, advise
verb
have a turn; make one's move in a game
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: go
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: bluff, bluff out, stalemate, castle, serve, open, draw, cast, trump, ruff, manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operate, check
verb
give an incentive for action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: motivate, actuate, propel, prompt, incite
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cause, do, make
verb
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: affect, impress, strike
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: infect, surprise, impress, ingrain, instill, awaken, engrave, strike dumb, zap, jar, hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note, smite, cloud, pierce, sweep away, sweep off, disturb, upset, trouble, touch, stir, move, sadden, alienate
verb
arouse sympathy or compassion in
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: affect, impress, move, strike
verb
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: stand still
Narrower terms: move involuntarily, move reflexively, quicken, stretch, stretch out, snap, click, flick, flex, bend, spread, propagate, reach, reach out, putter, potter, potter around, putter around, dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, drop back, hit the dirt, hit the deck, gravitate, fly, move over, give way, give, ease up, yield, cut to, lurch, pitch, shift, jolt, jar, duck, bob, wallow, welter, writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist, wobble, coggle, sidle, sashay, sweep, sail, brush, wamble, waggle, chop, reciprocate, move back and forth, nod, pulsate, beat, quiver, pound, thump, teeter, seesaw, totter, buck, jerk, hitch, cant, cant over, tilt, slant, careen, churn, boil, moil, roil, steal, slip, shake, agitate, vibrate, twitch, flip, stir, budge, arouse, stumble, trip, falter, waver, roll, undulate, flap, wave, mill, mill about, mill around, turn, startle, jump, start, mope, mope around, hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride, climb, strike out, leap, bound, spring, bolt, get down, assume, take, strike, take up, exit, go out, get out, leave, separate, part, split, diverge, list, lean, whirl, tumble, whirl around, close, come together, bustle, bustle about, hustle, fidget, linger, dawdle, flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail, lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust, swoop, flow, flux, run, feed, course, flurry, streak, heave, crash, thunder, fling, hop, dodge, throw, make way, grab, cut, jump off
verb
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: travel, go, locomote
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: go around, spread, circulate, carry, ease, whish, float, swap, seek, whine, fly, ride, come, ghost, betake oneself, pass over, overfly, travel, wend, do, raft, get around, get about, repair, resort, cruise, journey, come up, round, trundle, push, travel purposefully, swing, roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond, walk, take the air, weave, wind, thread, meander, forge, spurt, spirt, crawl, creep, scramble, slither, slide, wheel, glide, bounce, jounce, breeze, be adrift, blow, play, swim, turn, move around, circle, slice into, slice through, err, run, step, drive, motor, automobile, ski, wing, steamer, steam, tram, taxi, ferry, caravan, sit, prance, rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, uprise, ascend, descend, fall, go down, come down, zigzag, crank, follow, travel along, advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on, withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back, retrograde, proceed, go forward, continue, back, pan, precede, lead, pursue, return, derail, jump, flock, accompany, billow, angle, pass, go through, go across, travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, travel rapidly, speed, hurry, zip, zoom, rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it, trail, shack, shuttle, hiss, whoosh, whisk, career, circuit, lance, outflank, propagate, draw, transfer, change, swash, pace, tread, hurtle, whistle, island hop, plow, plough, lurch, sift, drag, bang, precess, snowshoe, beetle
verb
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: displace
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: mobilize, mobilise, circulate, relocate, dislocate, luxate, splay, slip, translate, station, post, send, place, agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up, transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise, funnel, brandish, flourish, wave, pull, draw, force, carry, tug, disarrange, put, set, pose, position, lay, engage, mesh, lock, operate, propel, impel, launch, set in motion, wind, wrap, roll, twine, unwind, wind off, unroll, wedge, squeeze, work, spill, shed, disgorge, slop, splatter, unseat, separate, disunite, divide, part, uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out, press down, depress, lift, flick, ruffle, riffle, take back, center, centre, pump, scan, jar, bump around, dandle, revolve, push, rock, sway, fluctuate, pulse, shift, dislodge, reposition, glide, stir, play, overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over, bowl over, tump over, ship, direct, saltate, lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down, raise, elevate, get up, bring up, drop, sink, advance, bring forward, chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off, displace, herd, crowd, pass around, pass on, distribute, rout out, force out, rouse, drive, race, rush, woosh, whoosh, pour, exteriorize, bring outside, upstage, swing, turn, slide, run, whistle, beat, flap, singsong, hustle, wash, rake, blow, drag, lateralize, hit, strike, sling, change hands, change owners, expel, throw out, kick out
verb
change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: stay
Narrower terms: relocate, move in, move out, evacuate, migrate, transmigrate
verb
dispose of by selling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sell
verb
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: act
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: alternate, take turns, finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish, rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate, interrupt, disturb, react, respond, go ahead, plow ahead, attack, aggress, force, create, come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out, reward, repay, pay back, satisfice, satisfise, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, dispatch, evade, race, use, play it by ear, play, deal, partner, exert, egotrip, reciprocate, go, proceed, move, come close, perform, make bold, dare, presume, prosecute, engage, pursue, act on, interact, oppose, take time by the forelock, coact, volunteer, offer, get around to, dally, toy, flirt, set about, go about, approach, participate, take part, misbehave, misconduct, misdemean, condescend, stoop, lower oneself, behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry, try, seek, attempt, essay, assay, woo, court, romance, solicit, effect, antagonize, antagonise, counteract, anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter, perpetrate, commit, pull, rampage, cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, manage, deign, descend, take care, lord it over, queen it over, put on airs, act superior, stampede, make a point, make sure, repeat, take over, surprise, sneak, take, guard, begin, start, go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock, wait, hold off, hold back, continue, go on, go along, keep, do well, had best, persist in
verb
follow a procedure or take a course
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: go, proceed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, move
Narrower terms: work, venture, embark, steamroller, steamroll
verb
live one's life in a specified environment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: live
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move 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. See also Old English hrēran.
Across languages
665 source translations are retained for this English entry.
