moderate
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: Christianity
government
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
physical-sciences
physics
politics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English moderat(e) (“moderate, temperate”), borrowed from Latin moderātus, perfect active participle of moderor (“to regulate, to restrain, to moderate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from moder-, modes-, a stem appearing also in modestus (“moderate, discreet, modest”), from modus (“a measure”); see mode and modest. Doublet of moderato. Displaced native Old English ġemetlīċ (“moderate”) and metegian (“to moderate”). Cognate with French modéré.
Affixes: -ate
Inflected forms:
form: more moderate
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most moderate
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: moderates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: moderates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: moderating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: moderated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: moderated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Not excessive; acting in moderation
pos: adj
examples: moderate language
a moderate Calvinist
travelling at a moderate speed
A number of moderate members managed […] to obtain a majority in a thin house.
gloss: more than mild, less than severe
pos: adj
gloss: Mediocre
pos: adj
gloss: Average priced; standard-deal
pos: adj
gloss: Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
pos: adj
examples: a moderate winter
These are called the Islands of the Blest; rains fall there seldom, and in moderate showers, but for the most part they have gentle breezes, bringing along with them soft dews
gloss: Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
pos: adj
tags: US
gloss: One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
pos: noun
examples: While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.
On the other side, RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch (a moderate) has to contend with the hardliners on his executive, whose intentions go way beyond trying to sort out their members' terms and conditions.
gloss: One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.
By its astringent Quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm Water.
This leaves two strategies to increase the current in a positron beam. First is to provide a stronger positron source and second is to develop a more efficient method to moderate the source positrons into a monoenergetic beam.
gloss: To become less excessive.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He used to be an extremist but moderated later in life.
gloss: To preside over (something) as a moderator.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to moderate a synod
gloss: To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: We need more users to volunteer to moderate the comment section of our forum.
gloss: To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: a graphite-moderated reactor
Synonyms: measured
mellow
middle of the road
mild
moderate
nonexcessive
nonextreme
nonfanatic
proper
reasonable
reasonous
sober
temperate
tempered
unexcessive
unextreme
Antonyms: excessive
Related words: balanced
suitable
intermediate
modal
modality
mode
model
moderator
module
Derived words: moderate breeze
moderately
moderateness
moderatism
moderatist
nonmoderate
ultramoderate
unmoderate
automoderate
metamoderate
moderating
moderation
moderative
nonmoderated
overmoderate
remoderate
retromoderate
unmoderated
unmoderating
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