mover

B2 Topic:House & Home

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

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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prime mover
an uncaused first cause proposed to explain the origin of all other causes

Adjective + noun

Idioms (1)

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first-mover advantage
the edge a company gains by entering a market before competitors

Etymology

From move + -er.

*m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

House & Home

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# 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
- House & Home

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