move

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To change position or go from one place to another.

   Please move a little closer to the window.

2. 2
   verb

   To go to live or work in a different place.

   They are moving to a new house next month.

3. 3
   noun

   An action you take to achieve something.

   Quitting his job to start a business was a brave move.

4. 4
   verb

   To make someone feel strong emotions, especially sadness or sympathy.

   Their sad story moved us all to tears.

5. 5
   noun

   The act of changing where you live or work.

   They say three moves are as stressful as one fire.

Multiword verbs with move

• move ahead Phrasal verb A1

  to advance forward in space or progress through a process

• move over Phrasal verb A1

  to shift position so that someone or something else has room

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Simplified etymology

Move entered English in the Middle English period and ultimately comes from Latin movere, “to move.” The same Latin verb also lies behind words such as mobile and moment.

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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