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say it: MAH-dur-uht
moderate is a verb, adjective and noun meaning "preside over". It carries 10 recorded senses.
lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
“moderate your alcohol intake”
“hold your tongue”
“hold your temper”
“control your anger”
being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
“moderate prices”
“a moderate income”
“a moderate fine”
“moderate demands”
“a moderate estimate”
“a moderate eater”
“moderate success”
“a kitchen of moderate size”
“the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart”
marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
“moderate in his demands”
“restrained in his response”
a person who takes a position in the political center
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for moderate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.