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  1. verb
    give an incentive for action
    "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
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  2. verb
    be in a state of action

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  3. verb
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

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  4. noun
    the act of changing location from one place to another
    "the movement of people from the farms to the cities" "his move put him directly in my path"

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  5. verb
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
    "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

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  6. verb
    perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
    "We must move quickly"

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  7. noun
    the act of changing your residence or place of business
    "they say that three moves equal one fire"

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  8. verb
    have a turn; make one's move in a game

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  9. verb
    have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

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  10. verb
    follow a procedure or take a course

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    act
  11. noun
    a change of position that does not entail a change of location
    "movement is a sign of life" "an impatient move of his hand"

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  12. verb
    progress by being changed

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  13. verb
    propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

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  14. verb
    arouse sympathy or compassion in
    "Her fate moved us all"
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  15. verb
    change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
    "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska" "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
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  16. verb
    dispose of by selling
    "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"
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  17. noun
    (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game
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  18. verb
    go or proceed from one point to another
    "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
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  19. verb
    live one's life in a specified environment
    "she moves in certain circles only"
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  20. verb
    move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
    "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
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  21. noun
    the act of deciding to do something
    "he didn't make a move to help" "his first move was to hire a lawyer"
Definition that contains move
  • go move away from a place into another direction
  • get move into a desired direction of discourse
  • come move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
  • give move in order to make room for someone for something
  • work move into or onto
  • work move in an agitated manner
  • leave move out of or depart from
  • course move along, of liquids
  • course move swiftly through or over
  • move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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