Meaning of "moderate" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MODERATE

From Latin moderātus observing moderation, from moderārī to restrain.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MODERATE

moderate  [ˈmɒdərɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MODERATE

Moderate is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb moderate in English.

WHAT DOES MODERATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Moderate

In politics and religion, a moderate is an individual who is not extreme, partisan, nor radical. In recent years, the term political moderates has gained traction as a buzzword. The existence of the ideal moderate is disputed because of a lack of a moderate political ideology. Many people claim to be moderate because of a lack of adherence with the more radical sides of the political or religious spectrum, rather than advocating a specific stance. Aristotle favoured conciliatory politics dominated by the centre rather than the extremes of great wealth and poverty or the special interests of oligarchs and tyrants.

Definition of moderate in the English dictionary

The first definition of moderate in the dictionary is not extreme or excessive; within due or reasonable limits. Other definition of moderate is not violent; mild or temperate. Moderate is also of average quality or extent.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MODERATE

PRESENT

Present

I moderate

you moderate

he/she/it moderates

we moderate

you moderate

they moderate

Present continuous

I am moderating

you are moderating

he/she/it is moderating

we are moderating

you are moderating

they are moderating

Present perfect

I have moderated

you have moderated

he/she/it has moderated

we have moderated

you have moderated

they have moderated

Present perfect continuous

I have been moderating

you have been moderating

he/she/it has been moderating

we have been moderating

you have been moderating

they have been moderating

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I moderated

you moderated

he/she/it moderated

we moderated

you moderated

they moderated

Past continuous

I was moderating

you were moderating

he/she/it was moderating

we were moderating

you were moderating

they were moderating

Past perfect

I had moderated

you had moderated

he/she/it had moderated

we had moderated

you had moderated

they had moderated

Past perfect continuous

I had been moderating

you had been moderating

he/she/it had been moderating

we had been moderating

you had been moderating

they had been moderating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will moderate

you will moderate

he/she/it will moderate

we will moderate

you will moderate

they will moderate

Future continuous

I will be moderating

you will be moderating

he/she/it will be moderating

we will be moderating

you will be moderating

they will be moderating

Future perfect

I will have moderated

you will have moderated

he/she/it will have moderated

we will have moderated

you will have moderated

they will have moderated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been moderating

you will have been moderating

he/she/it will have been moderating

we will have been moderating

you will have been moderating

they will have been moderating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would moderate

you would moderate

he/she/it would moderate

we would moderate

you would moderate

they would moderate

Conditional continuous

I would be moderating

you would be moderating

he/she/it would be moderating

we would be moderating

you would be moderating

they would be moderating

Conditional perfect

I would have moderate

you would have moderate

he/she/it would have moderate

we would have moderate

you would have moderate

they would have moderate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been moderating

you would have been moderating

he/she/it would have been moderating

we would have been moderating

you would have been moderating

they would have been moderating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you moderate
we let´s moderate
you moderate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to moderate

Past participle

moderated

Present Participle

moderating

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MODERATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «moderate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of moderate

abate · acceptable · arbitrate · average · calm · chair · control · controlled · cool · curb · decrease · deliberate · diminish · ease · equable · fair · fair to middling · fairish · half-pie · indifferent · judge · judicious · lessen · limited · mediate · mediocre · medium · middle-of-the-road · middling · mild · mitigate · modest · modulate · ordinary · pacify · passable · peaceable · play down · preside · quiet · reasonable · referee · regulate · relax · repress · restrain · restrained · so-so · sober · soft-pedal · soften · steady · subdue · take the chair · tame · temper · temperate · tone down · unexceptional · wane · within limits

TRANSLATION OF MODERATE

Find out the translation of moderate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of moderate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «moderate» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 适度的
• Translator English - Spanish: moderado
• English: moderate
• Translator English - Hindi: उदारवादी
• Translator English - Arabic: مُعْتَدِلٌ
• Translator English - Russian: умеренный
• Translator English - Portuguese: moderado
• Translator English - Bengali: মধ্যপন্থী
• Translator English - French: modéré
• Translator English - Malay: Sederhana
• Translator English - German: mäßig
• Translator English - Japanese: 適度の
• Translator English - Korean: 온건한
• Translator English - Javanese: Moderate
• Translator English - Vietnamese: vừa phải
• Translator English - Tamil: மிதமான
• Translator English - Marathi: मध्यम
• Translator English - Turkish: ılımlı
• Translator English - Italian: moderato
• Translator English - Polish: umiarkowany
• Translator English - Ukrainian: помірний
• Translator English - Romanian: moderat
• Translator English - Greek: μετριοπαθής
• Translator English - Afrikaans: matige
• Translator English - Swedish: blygsam
• Translator English - Norwegian: moderat

10 QUOTES WITH «MODERATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word moderate.

1

Margot Asquith

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

2

David Benioff

It is actually a lot harder to sit down and write from A to Z. But for me at least, it's the only way I can do it, at this point, with any moderate success.

3

Ben Bernanke

Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve's other mandate objectives of maximum sustainable employment and moderate long-term interest rates.

4

Jimmy Carter

In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate on abortion, if you're a moderate on gun control, or if you're a moderate in your religious faith - it doesn't evolve into a crusade where you're either right or wrong, good or bad, with us or against us.

5

Margaret Chan

For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when they do need to seek urgent care.

6

Martin Van Creveld

In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means democracy will, however, only be put to the test if and when the time comes for another election, which the opposition may win.

7

Clarence Day

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

8

Joe Donnelly

What the voters told us in the 2010 election was that they wanted a change. And I believe a moderate approach with a dedication to working across the aisle, something I know is important to both me and Congressman Shuler, is the best way forward.

9

Howard Fineman

The notion of a neutral, mainstream national media gained dominance only in World War II and in its aftermath, when what turned out to be a temporary moderate consensus came to govern the country.

10

Frank Gaffney

I don't believe there is such a thing as a moderate Islamist party. The challenge with Islamists is that they seek to impose what they call Sharia on everybody, Muslim and non-Muslim alike.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MODERATE»

Discover the use of moderate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to moderate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Climate Responsive Design: A Study of Buildings in Moderate ...

The book focuses on tropical climate but some of the theory can be applied to other climates; the difference in application is clearly delineated.

Richard Hyde, 2013

Teaching Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities

Educators have used terms such as educable for a milder disability, trainable for moderate, and severe/profound for students with the most severe disabilities. Because we believe that all students are educable, we avoid the term trainable.

Diane M. Browder, Fred Spooner, 2012

Moderate Sedation/analgesia: Core Competencies for Practice

This 2nd edition focuses on the preprocedural, procedural, and postprocedural care of the moderately sedated patient.

Michael Kost, 2004

Human Thermal Environments: The Effects of Hot, Moderate, ...

This book continues to be the standard text for the design of environments for humans to live and work safely, comfortably and effectively, and for the design of materials which help the same people cope with their environments.

Ken Parsons, 2002

Moderate Puritans and the Elizabethan Church

An analysis of the careers and opinions of a series of divines who passed through the University of Cambridge between 1560 and 1600.

Peter Lake, 2004

Building Moderate Muslim Networks

Drawing on the U.S. and allied experience during the Cold War building democratic networks, this study develops a "road map" for building moderate Muslim networks to counter the message of Islamist radicals in the war of ideas within Islam.

‎2007

Moderate Realism and Its Logic

This book by D. W. Mertz is the first sustained analysis that applies the rules and systems of mathematics and logic to instance ontology in order to argue for its validity and for its problem-solving capacities and to associate it with a ...

Donald W. Mertz, 1996

Moderate and Deep Sedation in Clinical Practice

A concise, practical handbook giving up-to-date, evidence based, 'how to' guidance on safe, effective procedural sedation.

Richard D. Urman, Alan D. Kaye, 2012

The Effective Teacher's Guide to Moderate, Severe and ...

Concentrating on the realities of teaching and learning, this book: places learning difficulties in the context of policy and law examines and explains the relevant terms and definitions puts forward suggestions for provision looks at ways ...

Michael Farrell, 2006

Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate: Unfashionable Essays

How good to hear it again."—Jonathan Rauch, Reason "A tough mind, confident of its power, making an art of logic . . . a cool mastery."—Paul R. Gross, Wilson Quarterly "Few people are better able to defend the notion of truth, and in ...

Susan Haack, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MODERATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term moderate is used in the context of the following news items.

Moderate rain over parts of Luzon; PAGASA tracks LPA off Aurora

Moderate rain may fall over parts of Luzon on Thursday, state weather agency PAGASA said as it tracks a low-pressure area east of Casiguran, ... «GMA News, Jul 15»

Is 'ISIS' Islamic? Moderate, Radical, and Non Muslim Scholars Have …

Hodges, an American convert to Islam who seemed to represent the “moderate Muslim” camp, insisted that the Islamic State was not practicing ... «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»

Small plane crash in Shoshone County results in moderate damage …

During the landing, Drader's aircraft received moderate damage. Drader reported once the aircraft came to rest, he called 911. Investigation of ... «KXLY Spokane, Jul 15»

Up to moderate rain in Bicol, Quezon this Thursday from LPA

Up to moderate rain may occur over Bicol and Quezon province on Thursday, as state weather agency PAGASA continues to track a ... «GMA News, Jul 15»

High up on a Pakistani mountain, a success story for moderate Islam

That standard of living can be traced to residents' moderate interpretation of Islam as well as the considerable support from one of the world's ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

Moderate turnout of devotees at main ghats

Basar and Mancherial received about 1 lakh devotees each on Tuesday which was considered to be a moderate flow of pilgrims in Adilabad ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»

Moderate governor in GOP race is largely ignored

WASHINGTON – Republicans won't win the presidency in 2016 without making inroads in the Midwest. Happily for the GOP, two Midwestern ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»

economy tipped for moderate growth

Australia's economic growth appears to be losing momentum, with promising signs of recovery in the economy now waning, says Westpac's ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

Moderate to heavy falls likely in Karachi

KARACHI: The Met Office on Wednesday forecast cloudy weather with thunderstorm-rain with few moderate to heavy falls in the metropolis ... «Aaj News, Jul 15»

Moderate quake hits northern Sumatra

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck off west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia at 1.35pm today. «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»