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Definition move

Etymology

From Middle English moven, moeven, meven, borrowed from Old French mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (“to move”) (compare modern French mouvoir from Old French movoir), from Latin mov?re, present active infinitive of move? (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (“to move, drive”). Cognate with Lithuanian mauti (“to push on, rush”), Sanskrit ????? (m??vati, “pushes, presses, moves”), Middle Dutch mouwe (“sleeve”). More at muff. Largely displaced native English stir, from Middle English stiren, sturien, from Old English styrian.

Verb

move (third-person singular simple present moves, present participle moving, simple past and past participle moved)

1. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
2. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act
3. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
4. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
5. (transitive, ergative) 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
6. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game
7. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
8. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
9. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
10. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
11. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
12. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
13. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
14. (intransitive, obsolete) To bow or salute upon meeting.

Noun

move (plural moves)

1. The act of moving; a movement.
2. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
3. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
4. The event of changing one's residence.
5. A change in strategy.
6. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
7. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

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