Meanings
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1
verb
To change position or go from one place to another.
Please move a little closer to the window.
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2
verb
To go to live or work in a different place.
They are moving to a new house next month.
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3
noun
An action you take to achieve something.
Quitting his job to start a business was a brave move.
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4
verb
To make someone feel strong emotions, especially sadness or sympathy.
Their sad story moved us all to tears.
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5
noun
The act of changing where you live or work.
They say three moves are as stressful as one fire.
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Etymology
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.
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