moderate
//ˈmɒdəɹət//
Forms
- Comparative
- more moderate
- Superlative
- most moderate
- Plural
- moderates
- present (v1)
- moderate
- past (v2)
- moderated
- past participle (v3)
- moderated
- present participle
- moderating
- 3rd person singular
- moderates
Definitions
1.Not excessive; acting in moderation
- A number of moderate members managed […] to obtain a majority in a thin house.
2.more than mild, less than severe
3.Mediocre
4.Average priced; standard-deal
1.One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
- The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.
- On the other side, RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch (a moderate) has to contend with the hardliners on his executive, whose intentions go way beyond trying to sort out their members' terms and conditions.
1.To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
- By its astringent Quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm Water.
2.To become less excessive.
- He used to be an extremist but moderated later in life.
3.To preside over (something) as a moderator.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3530
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English moderat(e) (“moderate, temperate”), borrowed from Latin moderātus, perfect active participle of moderor (“to regulate, to restrain, to moderate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from moder-, modes-, a stem appearing also in modestus (“moderate, discreet, modest”), from modus (“a measure”); see mode and modest.