move

CEFRA1

/muːv/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To change position or go from one place to another.

  2. 02

    noun

    An action or change of position.

Examples

  • Move over a little if you please.

  • We pushed and pushed but the piano wouldn't move.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /myv/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To act; to take action; to begin to act

  2. 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.

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

More examples

In context

  • Don't you move from here.

  • I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, feeling too lazy to move.

  • to move in a matter

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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.