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Etymology [ edit ]
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 , present active infinitive of moveō ( “ move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *mew- ( “ to move, drive ” ) . Cognate with Lithuanian mauti ( “ to push on, rush ” ) , Sanskrit मीवति ( mī́vati , “ pushes, presses, moves ” ) , Middle Dutch mouwe ( “ sleeve ” ) . More at muff . Largely displaced native English stir , from Middle English stiren , sturien , from Old English styrian .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
move (third-person singular simple present moves , present participle moving , simple past and past participle moved )
( intransitive ) To change place or posture ; to go , in any manner, from one place or position to another.
A ship moves rapidly.
I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, feeling too lazy to move .
Synonym: stir
1780 , William Cowper , “Light Shining out of Darkneſs ”, in Twenty-ſix Letters on Religious Subjects [ …] To which are added Hymns [ …] [1] , fourth edition, page 252:God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.
1839 , Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95
Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
( intransitive ) To act ; to take action ; to begin to act
to move in a matter
Come on guys, let's move : there's work to do!
Synonyms: get moving , stir
( intransitive ) 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 .
I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life.
They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time.
I'm moving next week but I don't have anything packed yet.
The rook moved from a8 to a6.
My opponent's counter was moving much quicker round the board than mine.
( transitive , ergative ) 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
The waves moved the boat up and down.
The horse moves a carriage.
Synonyms: stir , impel
( transitive , chess , board games ) To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board.
He rolled a 5 and moved his counter to Boardwalk, the most expensive property on the Monopoly board.
( transitive ) To excite to action by the presentation of motives ; to rouse by representation , persuasion , or appeal ; to influence .
This song moves me to dance.
Seducer of the People, not moved with the Piety of his Life
1697 , Virgil , “The Seventh Book of the Æneis ”, in John Dryden , transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [ … ] , London: [ … ] Jacob Tonson , [ … ] , OCLC 403869432 :
No female arts his mind could move .
( transitive ) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion , to excite (for example, an emotion ).
That book really moved me.
Synonyms: affect , trouble
( transitive , intransitive ) To propose ; to recommend ; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination , in a deliberative assembly ; to submit
1905 , Livy , translated by Canon Roberts, From the Founding of the City Book 38
Two days were thus wasted in the quarrel between the consuls. It was clear that while Faminius was present no decision could be arrived at. Owing to Flaminius' absence through illness, Aemilius seized the opportunity to move a resolution which the senate adopted. Its purport was that the Ambracians should have all their property restored to them; they should be free to live under their own laws; they should impose such harbour dues and other imposts by land and sea as they desired, provided that the Romans and their Italian allies were exempt.
I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare , “Much Adoe about Nothing ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ward] Blount , published 1623, OCLC 606515358 , [Act IV, scene i]:Let me but move one question to your daughter.
1630 , John Hayward , The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth
And therefore they are to be blamed alike, both who moue and who decline warre [ …]
( transitive , obsolete ) To mention ; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
( transitive , obsolete ) To incite , urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book VII:
"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."
c. 1587–1588 , [Christopher Marlowe] , Tamburlaine the Great. [ … ] The First Part [ … ] , part 1, 2nd edition, London: [ … ] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, [ … ] , published 1592, OCLC 932920499 ; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN , Act II, scene vii :The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, [ …] Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.
( transitive , obsolete ) To apply to, as for aid .
c. 1594 , William Shakespeare , “The Comedie of Errors ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ward] Blount , published 1623, OCLC 606515358 , [Act II, scene ii]:To me she speaks; she moves me for her them
( law , transitive , intransitive ) To request an action from the court .
An attorney moved the court to issue a restraining order.
The district attorney moved for a non-suit.
( intransitive , obsolete ) To bow or salute upon meeting .
( transitive , business ) To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs ).
This business will fail if it can't move the inventory quickly.
Conjugation [ edit ]
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Derived terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
to change place or posture; to go
Afrikaans: beweeg (af)
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Ancient Greek: κινῶ ( kinô )
Arabic: حَرُكَ (ar) ( ḥaruka ) , تَحَرَّكَ ( taḥarraka )
Aragonese: mover
Armenian: շարժվել (hy) ( šaržvel )
Aromanian: mut
Assamese: চলা ( sola )
Asturian: movese (ast)
Aymara: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: hərəkət etmək , tərpənmək (az)
Bashkir: please add this translation if you can
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: ру́хацца impf ( rúxacca )
Bengali: চলা (bn) ( côla )
Breton: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: дви́жа се (bg) impf ( dvíža se )
Burmese: ကူးပြောင်း (my) ( ku:praung: ) , လှုပ်ရှား (my) ( hluphra: )
Catalan: moure (ca)
Cherokee: ( changing position ) ᎠᏓᏅᎠ ( adanva ) , ( without changing position ) ᎠᎵᏖᎸᎲᏍᎦ ( alitelvhvsga )
Chichewa: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 喐 ( juk1 )
Mandarin: 動 (zh) , 动 (zh) ( dòng )
Corsican: please add this translation if you can
Czech: hýbat se (cs) impf , hnout se pf , pohybovat se (cs) impf , pohnout se (cs) pf
Dalmatian: moitur , mugro
Danish: bevæge sig , flytte sig , sætte i bevægelse
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: bewegen (nl) , zich bewegen , zich verplaatsen
Esperanto: moviĝi
Estonian: liikuma (et)
Ewe: please add this translation if you can
Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: flyta , flyta seg
Finnish: liikkua (fi) , siirtyä (fi)
French: se mouvoir (fr) , se déplacer (fr) , bouger (fr)
Friulian: movisi
Galician: moverse (gl)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: sich bewegen (de)
Greek: κινώ (el) ( kinó )
Ancient: κινέομαι ( kinéomai )
Greenlandic: aalavoq
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hausa: please add this translation if you can
Hawaiian: neʻe , niau
Hebrew: זָז (he) ( zaz ) , נָע (he) ( na' )
Hindi: चलना (hi) ( calnā )
Hungarian: mozog (hu) , jár (hu)
Icelandic: flytja (is)
Ido: des-plas-izar , movar (io)
Igbo: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: pindah (id)
Interlingua: mover se
Irish: bog
Italian: muoversi (it)
Japanese: 動く (ja) ( うごく, ugoku )
Javanese: please add this translation if you can
Kabuverdianu: anda
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: жылжу (kk) ( jylju ) , қозғалу (kk) ( qozğalu )
Khmer: ធ្វើចលនា ( thveuchlônéa )
Korean: 움직이다 (ko) ( umjigida )
Kyrgyz: жүрүү (ky) ( jürüü ) , жылуу (ky) ( jıluu )
Lao: ຂ່ຽນ ( khīan )
Latin: moveo (la)
Latvian: kustināt , pārvietot
Lithuanian: judėti
Lombard: möves
Low German:
German Low German: bewegen , sich bewegen
Luganda: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: bougéieren
Macedonian: се движи impf ( se dviži )
Malay: alih
Jawi: اليه
Malayalam: ചലിക്കുക (ml) ( calikkuka )
Manx: gleash , scugh
Marathi: चालने ( cālne )
Middle Korean: 뮈〯다〮 ( mwǔytá )
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Nepali: चल्नु (ne) ( calnu )
Norman: bouogi ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flytte seg (no)
Occitan: mòver , mòure (oc)
Old English: styrian
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: please add this translation if you can
Persian: حرکت کردن (fa) ( harekat kardan ) , جنبیدن (fa) ( jombidan )
Polish: ruszać się (pl) impf , ruszyć się (pl) pf , poruszać się (pl) impf , poruszyć się (pl) pf
Portuguese: mover -se , mexer -se , movimentar -se
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Quechua: ayway
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: se mișca (ro) , se muta (ro)
Romansch: midar , mover
Russian: дви́гаться (ru) impf ( dvígatʹsja )
Sanskrit: चलति (sa) ( calati ) , वच्यते ( vacyáte ) , सेधति ( sedhati )
Sardinian: moere , mofere , moghere , movere
Scots: please add this translation if you can
Scottish Gaelic: gluais
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кре́тати impf , кре́нути pf
Roman: krétati (sh) impf , krénuti (sh) pf
Sicilian: please add this translation if you can
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: hýbať sa impf
Slovene: premikati se impf , premakniti se (sl) pf
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gibaś se impf
Spanish: moverse (es)
Sundanese: alih
Swahili: peleka (sw)
Swedish: flytta sig , flytta på sig , röra sig , röra på sig
Tagalog: gumalaw , umandar
Tajik: ҳаракат кардан ( harakat kardan )
Tamil: அசை (ta) ( acai )
Thai: เคลื่อน (th) ( klʉ̂ʉan )
Turkish: hareket etmek (tr) , devinmek (tr)
Turkmen: hereket etmek
Ukrainian: ру́хатися impf ( rúxatysja )
Urdu: چلنا ( calnā )
Uzbek: harakatlanmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: chuyển động (vi)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Walloon: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: באַוועגן ( bavegn )
Yoruba: sún , lọ
Zazaki: hereket kerden , luwayen
Zulu: please add this translation if you can
to change residence
— See also translations at move house
American Sign Language: FlatO@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown-FlatO@SideChesthigh-PalmDown FlatO@SideChesthigh-PalmDown-FlatO@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown
Arabic: اِنْتَقَلَ ( intaqala ) , تَحَلْحَلَ ( taḥalḥala ) , رَحَلَ ( raḥala )
Armenian: տեղափոխվել (hy) ( tełapʿoxvel )
Asturian: mudar
Azerbaijani: köçmək (az)
Belarusian: пераязджа́ць impf ( pjerajazdžácʹ ) , перае́хаць pf ( pjerajéxacʹ )
Bulgarian: ме́стя се (bg) impf ( méstja se )
Catalan: moure's (ca) , mudar-se (ca) , traslladar-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 搬家 (zh) ( bānjiā ) , 移動 (zh) , 移动 (zh) ( yídòng )
Czech: stěhovat se impf , přestěhovat se pf
Danish: flytte (da)
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: verhuizen (nl)
Esperanto: translokiĝi
Estonian: kolima
Finnish: muuttaa (fi)
French: déménager (fr) , s'installer (fr) , partir (fr) , partir s'installer
Galician: mudarse , trasladarse (gl)
German: umziehen (de) , zügeln (de) ( Switzerland )
Alemannic German: zügle
Greek: μετακομίζω (el) ( metakomízo )
Hebrew: עָבַר דִּירָה ( avár dirá )
Hungarian: költözik (hu) , elköltözik (hu) , költözködik (hu) , elköltözködik , elhurcolkodik
Icelandic: flytja (is) , flytjast búferlum
Ido: diplasar (io)
Indonesian: pindah (id)
Italian: trasferirsi (it) , traslocare (it)
Japanese: 引っ越す (ja) ( ひっこす, hikkosu ) , 移る (ja) ( うつる, utsuru )
Khmer: ផ្លាស់ផ្ទះ ( phlahphtĕəh )
Korean: 이사하다 (ko) ( isahada ) , 옮기다 (ko) ( omgida )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بار کردن (ku) ( bar kirdin )
Latin: migrō
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: преселува impf ( preseluva ) , пресели pf ( preseli )
Maori: hūnuku , neke
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Ngazidja Comorian: uhamia
Northern Sami: fárret
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flytte (no)
Nynorsk: flytta
Persian: کوچیدن (fa) ( kučidan )
Polish: przeprowadzać się (pl) impf , przeprowadzić się (pl) pf
Portuguese: mudar -se
Romanian: muta (ro)
Russian: переезжа́ть (ru) impf ( perejezžátʹ ) , перее́хать (ru) pf ( perejéxatʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: imrich
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пресеља́вати се impf , пресѐлити се pf
Roman: preseljávati se (sh) impf , presèliti se (sh) pf
Slovak: sťahovať sa impf , presťahovať sa pf
Slovene: preseljevati se impf , preseliti se pf
Spanish: mudar (es)
Sundanese: alih
Swahili: peleka (sw)
Swedish: flytta (sv)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ย้าย (th) ( yáai )
Turkish: taşınmak (tr)
Ukrainian: переїжджа́ти impf ( perejiždžáty ) , переї́хати pf ( perejíxaty )
Welsh: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: אַריבערפֿאָרן ( ariberforn ) , אַריבערקלײַבן ( ariberklaybn ) , איבערציִען ( ibertsien )
Zazaki: berden
to change the place of a piece
to cause to change place or posture; to set in motion
American Sign Language: FlatO@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown-FlatO@SideChesthigh-PalmDown FlatO@SideChesthigh-PalmDown-FlatO@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown
Armenian: շարժել (hy) ( šaržel )
Asturian: mover (ast)
Belarusian: ру́хаць impf ( rúxacʹ )
Catalan: moure (ca)
Czech: pohnout (cs) , hýbat (cs)
Danish: flytte (da) , bevæge
Dutch: (doen ) bewegen (nl) , verroeren (nl) , roeren (nl)
Esperanto: movi
Finnish: siirtää (fi) , liikuttaa (fi)
French: déplacer (fr)
Galician: mover (gl)
German: bewegen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: κινέω ( kinéō )
Hebrew: הֵזִיז ( hezíz ) , הניע (he) ( henía` )
Hungarian: mozgat (hu)
Icelandic: flytja (is) , færa
Ido: movar (io)
Interlingua: mover
Italian: trasportare (it)
Japanese: 動かす (ja) ( うごかす, ugokasu )
Khmer: ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ ( phlah pdou )
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Neapolitan: carrià
Old English: styrian
Polish: poruszać (pl) impf , poruszyć (pl) pf , ruszać (pl) impf , ruszyć (pl) pf
Portuguese: mover (pt) , movimentar (pt) , mexer (pt)
Russian: дви́гать (ru) impf ( dvígatʹ ) , дви́нуть (ru) pf ( dvínutʹ ) , перемеща́ть (ru) impf ( peremeščátʹ ) , перемести́ть (ru) pf ( peremestítʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: gluais , measg
Slovak: hýbať impf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gibaś impf
Spanish: mover (es)
Swahili: peleka (sw)
Swedish: flytta (sv) , röra (sv) (sig )
Ukrainian: ру́хати impf ( rúxaty )
Zazaki: berden
to transfer from one space or position to another
Armenian: շարժել (hy) ( šaržel )
Asturian: treslladar
Bulgarian: дви́жа (bg) impf ( dvíža )
Catalan: traslladar (ca)
Czech: pohnout (cs)
Danish: flytte (da)
Dutch: verzetten (nl) , verplaatsen (nl)
Finnish: siirtää (fi)
Galician: trasladar (gl)
Hebrew: הזיז ( hezíz )
Icelandic: flytja (is) , færa
Italian: trasferire (it) , spostare (it)
Japanese: 移動させる (ja) ( いどうさせる, idō saseru ) , 移す (ja) ( うつす, utsusu )
Khmer: ផ្លាស់ទី ( phlahtii )
Korean: 이동시키다 ( idongsikida )
Middle English: translaten
Northern Sami: sirdit
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flytte (no)
Nynorsk: flytta
Polish: przemieszczać (pl) impf , przemieścić (pl) pf
Portuguese: mover (pt)
Romanian: mișca (ro) , muta (ro)
Scottish Gaelic: gluais
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кре́тати impf , кре́нути pf
Roman: krétati (sh) impf , krénuti (sh) pf
Spanish: trasladar (es)
Swahili: peleka (sw)
Swedish: flytta (sv)
Tigrinya: ኣንቀሳቐሰ ( ʾanḳäsaḳʰäsä )
Yiddish: אַריבערפֿירן ( ariberfirn )
Zazaki: neqıl kerden
to arouse the feelings or passions of
Asturian: emocionar
Bulgarian: тро́гвам (bg) impf ( trógvam )
Catalan: emocionar (ca) , commoure (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 感動 , 感动 ( gam2 dung6 )
Mandarin: 感動 (zh) , 感动 (zh) ( gǎndòng )
Czech: pohnout (cs) , dojmout (cs) , dojímat (cs)
Danish: bevæge , tilskynde
Dutch: ontroeren (nl) , roeren (nl) , bewegen (nl) , aangrijpen (nl) , ontzetten (nl)
Esperanto: emocii
Estonian: liigutama
Finnish: liikuttaa (fi)
French: émouvoir (fr)
Galician: emocionar
German: bewegen (de) , rühren (de)
Greek: συγκινώ (el) ( sygkinó )
Hebrew: רגש (he) ( ragásh )
Hungarian: meghat (hu) , megindít (hu)
Icelandic: snerta (is)
Ido: emocigar (io)
Italian: emozionare (it)
Japanese: 感動させる (ja) ( かんどうされる, kandō saseru ) , 染み返らせる ( しみかえらせる, shimikaeraseru )
Khmer: ផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ ( phlah pdou )
Korean: 움직이다 (ko) ( umjigida )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: røre (no)
Occitan: emocionar (oc)
Old English: styrian
Polish: atandrysować impf ( archaic ) , rozczulać impf , rozczulić pf , wzruszać (pl) impf , wzruszyć pf
Portuguese: emocionar (pt) , comover (pt) , mover (pt)
Romanian: emoționa (ro)
Spanish: emocionar (es) , conmover (es)
Swedish: röra (sv)
to apply to
Finnish: vaikuttaa (fi)
Ido: please add this translation if you can
Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
Italian: prodigarsi (it)
Japanese: 申し込む ( もうしこむ, mōshikomu )
Khmer: អនុវត្ត ( ʼaʼnuvŏət )
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
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move (plural moves )
The act of moving; a movement .
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:movement
A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course.
1913 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , The Poison Belt [2] :Lord John had followed me. "By George, young fellah!" said he, pulling off his coat. "You've hit on a dooced good notion. Give me a grip and we'll soon have a move on it." But, even then, so heavy was the bell that it was not until Challenger and Summerlee had added their weight to ours that we heard the roaring and clanging above our heads which told us that the great clapper was ringing out its music.
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.
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 .
He can win a match with that one move .
The event of changing one's residence .
Synonyms: removal , relocation
The move into my fiancé's house took two long days.
They were pleased about their move to the country.
A change in strategy.
I am worried about our boss's move .
It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders.
A transfer , a change from one employer to another.
2013 , Phil McNulty, "[3] ", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
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.
( board games ) 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.
It's your move ! Roll the dice!
If you roll a six, you can make two moves .
Synonym: play
( board games , usually in the plural ) A round , in which each player has a turn .
You can win in three moves if you do that.
Derived terms [ edit ]
Translations [ edit ]
an act for the attainment of an object or purpose
the event of changing one's residence
the act of moving a token on a gameboard
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Finnish [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Clipping of mo tivaatiove mppa .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ˈmoʋe/ , [ˈmo̞ʋe̞]
Rhymes: -oʋe
Syllabification(key ) : mo‧ve
move
( military slang ) A conscript who acquires or has acquired exemptions from physical education for falsified reasons of health , i.e. by feigning sick .
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Galician [ edit ]
move
third-person singular present indicative of mover
second-person singular imperative of mover
Haitian Creole [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From French mauvais ( “ bad ” ) .
Adjective [ edit ]
move
bad
Interlingua [ edit ]
move
present of mover imperative of mover
movē
second-person singular present active imperative of moveō
Portuguese [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
move
inflection of mover :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative