move

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /muːv/

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Verb

Plain form move

Third-person singular moves

Past tense moved

Past participle moved

Present participle moving

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you move, you go from one place to another.

   Please stay in your seat until the plane stops moving.

2. (transitive & intransitive) If you move, you change the position of part of your body.

   I was so afraid, I couldn't move.

3. (transitive) If you move something, you change its position.

   Can you move your chair so I can get by?

Synonyms

• go
• run
• turn
• change
• rotate
• walk

Related words

• movement
• unmoving
• unmoved
• movable/moveable
• unmovable/unmoveable
• immovable/immoveable
• mover

Noun

Singular move

Plural moves

1. (countable) A move is something which is done to achieve a goal.

   The move had not been expected.

2. (countable) is a change in your home or business to live or work somewhere else.

   The move to the city was completed in a week.

3. (countable) A move, in a game such as chess, is when you put a piece in another place.

   The move of the queen led to his loss.

   I finished my turn. It's your move.

Synonyms

• change
• action
• effort
• movement
• step
• start
• exchange

Related words and phrases

• get a move on
• on the move