mover B2 Topic:People & Society US /ˈmuːvə/ See IPA manual Freq #25286 Meanings 1 noun A person whose job is to help people carry their belongings to a new home. The movers were very careful with the grand piano. 2 noun A company that transports people's belongings from one place to another. We hired a local mover to handle the heavy furniture. 3 noun A person or thing that moves. In physics, every mover transfers energy as it travels. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person whose job is to... removalist Word family Forms movers Derived forms earthmoverneedle-movernonmovertrashmover Common collocations prime mover Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From move + -er. *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # mover **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmuːvə/ **Frequency rank:** 25286 ## Meanings 1. A person whose job is to help people carry their belongings to a new home. 2. A company that transports people's belongings from one place to another. 3. A person or thing that moves. ## Examples - The movers were very careful with the grand piano. - We hired a local mover to handle the heavy furniture. - In physics, every mover transfers energy as it travels. ## Derived Forms - earthmover - needle-mover - nonmover - trashmover ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *m(y)ewh₁- ## Etymology From move + -er. ## AI Etymology Mover comes from move + -er. In present-day English its meanings include a person whose job is to help people carry their belongings to a new home, a company that transports people's belongings from one place to another, and a person or thing that moves. Related and derived forms include earthmover, needle-mover, and nonmover. ## Topics - People & Society markdown