moderate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English moderat, from Latin moderātus, perfect active participle of moderor (“regulate, restrain, moderate”), from moder-, modes-, a stem appearing also in modestus (“moderate, discreet, modest”), from modus (“measure”); see mode and modest.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
moderate (comparative more moderate, superlative most moderate)
- Not excessive; acting in moderation
- moderate language
- a moderate Calvinist
- travelling at a moderate speed
- (Can we date this quote by Jonathan Swift and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- A number of moderate members managed […] to obtain a majority in a thin house.
- Mediocre
- Average priced; standard-deal
- Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
- a moderate winter
- (Can we date this quote by Walter and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- moderate showers
- (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:moderate
- See also Thesaurus:intermediate
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
not excessive
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mediocre
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having an intermediate position in politics
Noun[edit]
moderate (plural moderates)
- One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
- While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
- The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.
- (Christianity, historical) One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
Translations[edit]
one who holds an intermediate position
Verb[edit]
moderate (third-person singular simple present moderates, present participle moderating, simple past and past participle moderated)
- (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
- to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.
- (Can we date this quote by Arbuthnot and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water.
- (Can we date this quote by Spenser and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)
- 2000, Paul G. Coleman, Positron Beams and Their Applications (page 309)
- This leaves two strategies to increase the current in a positron beam. First is to provide a stronger positron source and second is to develop a more efficient method to moderate the source positrons into a monoenergetic beam.
- To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
- (intransitive) To become less excessive
- (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator
- to moderate a synod
- (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to reduce the excessiveness
to become less excessive
to preside over as a moderator
to act as a moderator
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
References[edit]
- moderate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- moderate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
German[edit]
Adjective[edit]
moderate
- inflection of moderat:
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
moderate
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
moderāte
References[edit]
- moderate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- moderate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Adjective[edit]
moderate
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
moderate
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