Moderate word meaning and definition
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Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll[adjective] not extreme; "a moderate penalty"; "temperate in his response to criticism"
[adjective] being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"
[adjective] marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"
[verb] make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
[verb] make less fast or intense; "moderate your speed"
[verb] restrain or temper
[verb] preside over; "John moderated the discussion"
[verb] make less severe or harsh; "He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears"
[verb] lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
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(a) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.
(b) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.
(c) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist. A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house. --Swift.
(d) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter. ``Moderate showers.'' --Walter.
(e) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed.
(f) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities.
(g) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind. --Hooker.
\Mod"er*ate\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.
\Mod"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Moderated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Moderating}.] 1. To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind. By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. --Arbuthnot. To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. --Spenser. 2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as, to moderate a synod.
\Mod"er*ate\, v. i. 1. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated. 2. To preside as a moderator. Dr. Barlow [was] engaged . . . to moderate for him in the divinity disputation. --Bp. Barlow's Remains (1693).
Synonyms for moderate
average, cautious, centrist, chair, chasten, check, conservative, contain, control, curb, fair, fairish, hold, hold in, indifferent, intermediate, lead, limited, medium, middle of the roader, middle-of-the-road, mild, mince, minimalist, moderationist, modest, reasonable, restrained, small, soften, tame, temper, temperate, tone down
Antonyms: immoderate
See also: abnegate | adult | alter | alter | bate | bound | catch | center | change | change | confine | conquer | counteract | countercheck | cricify | damp | decelerate | deny | discuss | grownup | hold back | inhibit | keep | keep back | limit | mortify | restrain | restrict | slow down | stamp down | subdue | suppress | talk over | thermostat | throttle | train | trammel |
Related terms: alleviate, betwixt and between, blunt, center, circumspect, clement, constrain, copyright, creeping, damp, fair to middling, fall, forbearing, intervene, judge, lessen, midway, modify, namby-pamby, neutral, normal, pretty good, reef, restrained, restrict, slow-running, smother, stifle, stinting, supervise
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Let's analyse "moderate" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Three syllables and Four vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ETAREDOM. Average typing speed for these characters is 2180 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
moderate: 6 + 5 + 1 + 5 = 17, reduced: 8 . and the final result is Eight. |
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