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moderate
English
Etymology
From Middle English moderat, from Latin moder?tus, perfect active participle of moderor (“regulate, restrain, moderate”), from moder-, modes-, a stem appearing also in modestus (“moderate, discreet, modest”), from modus (“measure”); see mode and modest.
Pronunciation
- Adjective, noun:
- (UK): IPA(key): /?m?d???t/
- (US): enPR: mäd'?r-?t, IPA(key): /?m?d???t/
- Verb:
- (UK): IPA(key): /?m?d??e?t/
- (US): enPR: mäd'?-r?t, IPA(key): /?m?d??e?t/
Adjective
moderate (comparative more moderate, superlative most moderate)
- Not excessive; acting in moderation
- moderate language
- a moderate Calvinist
- travelling at a moderate speed
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, The Presbyterians Plea of Merit
- A number of moderate members managed […] to obtain a majority in a thin house.
- Mediocre
- Average priced; standard-deal
- Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
- a moderate winter
- 1859, Arthur Hugh Clough, Life of Sertorius
- These are called the Islands of the Blest; rains fall there seldom, and in moderate showers, but for the most part they have gentle breezes, bringing along with them soft dews
- (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:moderate
- See also Thesaurus:intermediate
Derived terms
- moderately
- moderateness
Translations
Noun
moderate (plural moderates)
- One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
- While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
- The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.
- (Christianity, historical) One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.
Translations
Verb
moderate (third-person singular simple present moderates, present participle moderating, simple past and past participle moderated)
- (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something)
- to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.
- 1730, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments
- By its astringent Quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm Water.
- 2000, Paul G. Coleman, Positron Beams and Their Applications (page 309)
- This leaves two strategies to increase the current in a positron beam. First is to provide a stronger positron source and second is to develop a more efficient method to moderate the source positrons into a monoenergetic beam.
- To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive.
- (intransitive) To become less excessive
- (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator
- to moderate a synod
- (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise
- (transitive, physics) To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).
- a graphite-moderated reactor
Synonyms
- (reduce excesses): temperate
- (preside): arbitrate, chair
Derived terms
- moderation
- moderating
Related terms
- modal
- modality
- mode
- model
- moderator
- module
Translations
References
- moderate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- moderate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
moderate
- inflection of moderat:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Verb
moderate
- inflection of moderare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
- feminine plural of moderato
Anagrams
- dateremo
Latin
Verb
moder?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of moder?
References
- moderate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- moderate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
moderate
- definite singular of moderat
- plural of moderat
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
moderate
- definite singular of moderat
- plural of moderat
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accommodate
English
Etymology
1530s, from Latin accommod?tus, perfect passive participle of accommod?; ad + commod? (“make fit, help”); com- + modus (“measure, proportion”) (English mode).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??k?m??de?t/, [??k??m??de?t]
- (US) IPA(key): /??k?m??de?t/, [??k??m??de?t]
Verb
accommodate (third-person singular simple present accommodates, present participle accommodating, simple past and past participle accommodated)
- (transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
- Synonyms: adapt, conform, adjust, arrange, suit
- 1712 June 18, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, The Spectator, number 475, collected in The Spectator, volume VII[1], London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, published 1753, page 15:
- IT is an old Ob?ervation, which has been made of Politicians who would rather ingratiate them?elves with their Sovereign, than promote his real Service, that they accommodate their Coun?els to his Inclinations, and advi?e him to ?uch Actions only as his Heart is naturally ?et upon.
- (transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
- Synonym: reconcile
- (transitive) To provide housing for.
- To provide sufficient space for
- (transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
- (transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
- Synonym: oblige
- (transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
- (transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
- (transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
- (intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
- (intransitive, of an eye) To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
Antonyms
- discommodate (obsolete)
Translations
Adjective
accommodate (comparative more accommodate, superlative most accommodate)
- (obsolete) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
Further reading
- accommodate at OneLook Dictionary Search
- accommodate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Latin
Adverb
accommod?t? (comparative accommod?tius, superlative accommod?tissim?)
- suitably
Related terms
- accommod?ti?
- accommod?tus
- accommod?
- accommodus
References
- accommodate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- accommodate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- accommodate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??k?m?det]
Verb
accommodate (third-person singular present accommodates, present participle accommodatin, past accomodatit, past participle accommodat)
- accommodate
References
- Eagle, Andy, de. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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