Meaning of 'moderate' (Webster Dictionary)
- Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not
excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained
- Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as,
moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.
- Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement;
reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.
- Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like;
as, a moderate Calvinist.
- Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a
moderate winter.
- Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at
moderate speed.
- Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle,
or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of
moderate abilities.
- Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a
moderate kind.
- 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.
- To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense;
as, the wind has moderated.
- To preside as a moderator.
- 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.
- To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public
meeting; as, to moderate a synod.
Meaning of 'moderate' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
Example in sentence:- control your anger;
- hold your temper;
- hold your tongue;
- moderate your alcohol intake
Meaning (2):
- make less severe or harsh
Example in sentence:- He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears;
- mitigating circumstances
Meaning (3):
- preside over
Example in sentence:- John moderated the discussion
Meaning (4):
- make less fast or intense
Meaning (5):
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
Example in sentence:- she tempered her criticism
Meaning (6):
- make less strong or intense; soften
Example in sentence:- The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements;
- Tone down that aggressive letter
Meaning (7):
- being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
Example in sentence:- a kitchen of moderate size;
- a moderate eater;
- a moderate estimate;
- a moderate fine;
- a moderate income;
- moderate demands;
- moderate prices;
- moderate success;
- the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart
Meaning (8):
- not extreme
Example in sentence:- a moderate penalty;
- temperate in his response to criticism
Meaning (9):
- marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
Example in sentence:- moderate in his demands;
- restrained in his response
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