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say it: moov
move is a verb and noun meaning "change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically". It is pronounced /ˈmuv/ — moov. It carries 21 recorded senses.
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”
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”
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”
dispose of by selling
“The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers”
propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
the act of changing your residence or place of business
“they say that three moves equal one fire”
(game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
game
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 move 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.