move

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of deciding to do something

   They didn't make a move to help.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of changing your residence or place of business

   they say that three moves equal one fire

3. 3
   verb

   go or proceed from one point to another

   the debate moved from family values to the economy

4. 4
   verb

   have a turn

   make one's move in a game

5. 5
   verb

   give an incentive for action

   This moved me to sacrifice my career

6. 6
   verb

   arouse sympathy or compassion in

   Their fate moved us all.

7. 7
   verb

   move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

   I moved my hand slightly to the right.

8. 8
   verb

   change location

   move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

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.