Definitions for MOVE
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. movenoun

   the act of deciding to do something

   "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"

2. move, relocationnoun

   the act of changing your residence or place of business

   "they say that three moves equal one fire"

3. motion, movement, move, motilitynoun

   a change of position that does not entail a change of location

   "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"

4. motion, movement, movenoun

   the act of changing location from one place to another

   "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

5. moveverb

   (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game

6. travel, go, move, locomoteverb

   change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

   "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"

7. move, displaceverb

   cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

   "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

8. moveverb

   move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

   "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

9. moveverb

   change residence, affiliation, or place of employment

   "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"

10. go, proceed, moveverb

    follow a procedure or take a course

    "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"

11. be active, moveverb

    be in a state of action

    "she is always moving"

12. moveverb

    go or proceed from one point to another

    "the debate moved from family values to the economy"

13. act, moveverb

    perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

    "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

14. affect, impress, move, strikeverb

    have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

    "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

15. motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, inciteverb

    give an incentive for action

    "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

16. moveverb

    arouse sympathy or compassion in

    "Her fate moved us all"

17. moveverb

    dispose of by selling

    "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"

18. move, go, runverb

    progress by being changed

    "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

19. moveverb

    live one's life in a specified environment

    "she moves in certain circles only"

20. move, goverb

    have a turn; make one's move in a game

    "Can I go now?"

21. move, make a motionverb

    propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

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1. Movenoun

   (Chess, Checkers, etc.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game; also, the opportunity or obligation to so move a piece; one's turn; as, you can only borrow from the bank in Monopoly when it's your move.

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1. movenoun

   The act of moving; a movement.

   A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course.

2. movenoun

   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.

3. movenoun

   A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.

4. movenoun

   The event of changing one's residence.

5. movenoun

   A change in strategy.

6. movenoun

   The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

7. moveverb

   To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another

8. moveverb

   To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

   Come on guys, let's move, there's work to do!

9. moveverb

   To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in

10. moveverb

    To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

11. moveverb

    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; to impel; to stir

12. moveverb

    To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

    She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board.

13. moveverb

    To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

    This song moves me to dance.

14. moveverb

    To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite, as an emotion.

    That book really moved me.

15. moveverb

    To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

    I move to repel the rule regarding school obligatory schoo uniform.

16. moveverb

    To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).

17. moveverb

    To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.

18. moveverb

    To apply to, as for aid.

19. Etymology: From moven, moeven, meven, from mover and mouver, moveir, from movere, present active infinitive of moveo, from meue-. Cognate with mauti,, mouwe. More at muff.

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1. To Moveverb

   Etymology: moveo, Latin.

   1. To put out of one place into another; to put in motion.

   Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God. Psal. lxviii.

   At this my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. Job xxvii. 1.

   2. To give an impulse to.

   The pretext of piety is but like the hand of a clock, set indeed more conspicuously, but directed wholly by the secret movings of carnality within. Decay of Piety.

   3. To propose; to recommend.

   If the first consultation be not sufficient, the will may move a review, and require the understanding to inform itself better. John Bramhall, against Hobbes.

   They are to be blamed alike, who move and who decline war upon particular respects. John Hayward, Edw. VI.

   They find a great inconvenience in moving their suits by an interpreter. John Davies, on Ireland.

   To Indamora you my suit must move. Dryden.

   The will being the power of directing our operative faculties to some action, for some end, cannot at any time be moved towards what is judged at that time inattainable. John Locke.

   4. To persuade; to prevail on the mind.

   A thousand knees,
   Ten thousand years together, naked, fasting,
   Upon a barren mountain, and still Winter
   In storm perpetual, could not move the gods
   To look that way thou wert. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   Grittus offered the Transylvanians money, but minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold. Richard Knolles.

   Sometimes the possibility of preferment prevailing with the credulous, expectation of less expence with the covetous, opinion of ease with the fond, and assurance of remoteness with the unkind parents, have moved them without discretion, to engage their children in adventures of learning, by whose return they have received but small contentment. Henry Wotton.

   Could any power of sense the Roman move
   To burn his own right hand? Davies.

   That which moves a man to do any thing, must be the apprehension and expectation of some good from the thing which he is about to do. Robert South, Sermons.

   When she saw her reasons idly spent,
   And could not move him from his fix’d intent,
   She flew to rage. John Dryden, Æn.

   But when no female arts his mind could move,
   She turn’d to furious hate her impious love. John Dryden, Æn.

   What can thy mind to this long journey move,
   Or need’st thou absence to renew thy love? Dryden.

   5. To affect; to touch pathetically; to stir passion.

   If he see aught in you that makes him like,
   That any thing he sees, which moves his liking,
   I can with ease translate it to my will. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   It was great ign’rance, Gloster’s eyes being out,
   To let him live; where he arrives he moves
   All hearts against us. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Should a shipwreck’d sailor sing his woe,
   Wou’d’st thou be mov’d to pity, or bestow
   An alms? John Dryden, Persius.

   Images are very sparingly to be introduced; their proper place is in poems and orations, and their use is to move pity or terror, compassion and resentment. Henry Felton, on the Classicks.

   O let thy sister, daughter, handmaid, move
   Or all those tender names. Alexander Pope.

   6. To make angry.

   From those bloody hands
   Throw your distemper’d weapons to the ground,
   And hear the sentence of your moved prince. William Shakespeare.

   They have moved me to jealousy. Deut. xxxii. 21.

   7. To put into commotion.

   When they were come to Bethlehem, all the city was moved about them. Ruth i. 19.

   8. To conduct regularly in motion.

   They, as they move
   Their starry dance in numbers that compute
   Days, months, and years, tow’rds his all cheering lamp,
   Turn swift their various motions. John Milton.

2. To Moveverb

   1. To go from one place to another.

   I look’d toward Birnam, and anon, methought,
   The wood began to move.
   Within this three mile may you see it coming;
   I say a moving grove. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   In him we live, move, and have our being. Acts xvii. 28.

   Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you. Gen.

   On the green bank I sat and listen’d long,
   Nor till her lay was ended could I move,
   But wish’d to dwell for ever in the grove. Dryden.

   The senses represent the earth as immoveable; for though it do move in itself, it rests to us who are carriedwith it. Joseph Glanvill.

   This saying, that God is the place of spirits, being literal, makes us conceive that spirits move up and down, and have their distances and intervals in God, as bodies have in space. John Locke.

   When we are come to the utmost extremity of body, what is there that can put a stop, and satisfy the mind, that it is at the end of space, when it is satisfied that body itself can move into it? John Locke.

   Any thing that moves round about in a circle in less time than our ideas are wont to succeed one another in our minds, is not perceived to move, but seems to be a perfect entire circle of that matter. John Locke.

   The goddess moves
   To visit Paphos, and her blooming groves. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. To walk; to bear the body.

   See great Marcellus! how inur’d in toils
   He moves with manly grace, how rich with regal spoils. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. To go forward.

   Through various hazards and events we move
   To Latium. John Dryden, Æn.

   4. To change the posture of the body in ceremony.

   When Haman saw Mordecai that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation. Esth. v. 9.

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1. Move

   Move is a single by CSS, it is the third released from the album Donkey. It was released on October 13, 2008. It was remixed by Cut Copy and Frankmusik. The single failed to chart everywhere, except for Italy. It is featured in the forever 21 playlist. A remix of the song was used for a jazz routine on So You Think You Can Dance season 5, which was performed by Janette Manrana and Evan Kasprzak, and later season 8 for a solo by jazz dancer Missy Morelli.

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1. move

   A move generally refers to an action or change of location, position, or state performed by an object, person, or group. It can involve physically shifting from one place to another, making a decision, taking a step towards a goal, or making a gesture or action. The term "move" can apply to various contexts, such as physical movement, strategic actions in games or sports, emotional or mental changes, or career changes.

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1. Moveverb

   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; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage

2. Moveverb

   to transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king

3. Moveverb

   to excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence

4. Moveverb

   to arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion

5. Moveverb

   to propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn

6. Moveverb

   to apply to, as for aid

7. Moveverb

   to change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly

8. Moveverb

   to act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter

9. Moveverb

   to change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another

10. Moveverb

    to change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game

11. Movenoun

    the act of moving; a movement

12. Movenoun

    the act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game

13. Movenoun

    an act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose

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1. MOVE

   MOVE or the MOVE Organization is a Philadelphia-based black liberation group founded by John Africa. MOVE was described by CNN as "a loose-knit, mostly black group whose members all adopted the surname Africa, advocated a "back-to-nature" lifestyle and preached against technology." In addition, MOVE members were vegans and passionate supporters of animal rights. The group lived communally and frequently engaged in public demonstrations related to issues they deemed important. Since their founding in 1972, their actions attracted the attention of the Philadelphia Police Department. A major incident occurred in 1978, when the police raided their Powelton Village home. This raid resulted in the death of one police officer and the imprisonment of nine group members, now known as "The MOVE 9." After this, the group relocated further west to a house at 6221 Osage Ave. In 1985, the group made national news when police dropped a bomb on the Osage house from a helicopter in an attempt to end an armed impasse. The explosion and ensuing fire killed 11 people, including five children and the group's leader, John Africa. Only two occupants survived, Ramona, an adult and Birdie, a child. In addition, 65 homes were destroyed as the entire block burned.

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1. Move

   mōōv, v.t. to cause to change place or posture: to set in motion: to impel: to excite to action: to persuade: to instigate: to arouse: to provoke: to touch the feelings of: to propose or bring before an assembly: to recommend.—v.i. to go from one place to another: to change place or posture: to walk, to carry one's self: to change residence: to make a motion as in an assembly: to bow or salute on meeting.—n. the act of moving: a proceeding or step: a movement, esp. at chess.—adj. Move′less, immovable.—ns. Move′ment, act or manner of moving: change of position: motion of the mind, emotion: a series of incidents moving continuously towards one end: particular arrangement of the moving parts in a mechanism, esp. the wheelwork of a clock or watch: (mil.) a strategic change of position: (mus.) melodic progression, accentual character, tempo or pace; Mov′er.—adj. Mov′ing, causing motion: changing position: affecting the feelings: pathetic.—adv. Mov′ingly.—Know a move or two, to be sharp or knowing; On the move, changing or about to change one's place. [O. Fr. movoir (Fr. mouvoir)—L. movēre, to move.]

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1. move

   A flow of energy.

   Energy moves in various ways and forms e.g. the movement of wind, movement of water etc.

   
   

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   move

   To cause to function.

   Her husband was keen to move onto his own land and build a new house.

   
   

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   move

   To change or direct energy in an energy field with divine authority, awareness and purpose.

   We know how to move energy as we know it is moving to a new level of consciousness.

   
   

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   move

   To change position.

   They did move the aeroplane during the flight to ensure it was on a clear and balanced flight path.

   
   

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   move

   To change the location of where we live.

   Their parents decided to move near their children to ensure they could share as much time as possible with their grandchildren.

   
   

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   move

   To drive from a specific location to a location of choice.

   We made a move as we know the journey is easy.

   
   

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   move

   To have knowledge or understanding that causes us to change our perception.

   The current manifestation did move as we moved our way of seeing it and our perception, we are so grateful.

   
   

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1. MOVE

   What does MOVE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the MOVE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Affect
   • Cause
   • Change
   • Decision
   • Live
   • Sell

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'MOVE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #842

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'MOVE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #373

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'MOVE' in Nouns Frequency: #568

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'MOVE' in Verbs Frequency: #53

How to pronounce MOVE?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of MOVE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of MOVE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of MOVE in a Sentence

1. Caris LeVert:

   We knew that if we won games, we could play our way into it, but we're still trying to move up and see where we can go. This is a good milestone for us, but we've still got three, four games here this week.

2. Tim Scott:

   I think us waiting a month before we vote is a bad decision, i hope we are willing to take up the legislation and let's get on the record. And if it fails, it fails. Finding seven folks on the other side of the aisle who want to see this thing to move forward will be helpful.

3. Tassin Barnard:

   Other sanctuaries have decided not to move their animals and just to do their best to defend them and I understand that too because it is extremely difficult to do.

4. Stephanie Marchman:

   When the city manager received the action plan that he had requested, at that point he know that it was time to move on because the chief failed to recognize or acknowledge what the issues were, how is the city manager able to help move forward with respect to this department when effectively the chief does not recognize or acknowledge that there are problems ?

5. Alan Jackson:

   The sheik is very happy to put it behind him and move on with his life.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=MOVE
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=MOVE
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Move
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=MOVE
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Move
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MOVE
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=MOVE
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=MOVE