0 to (cause to) change position:
Can we move (= change the time of) the meeting from 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. ?
Don't move! Stay right where you are.
I thought I could hear someone moving about/around upstairs.
If you move along/over/up (= go further to the side, back, or front) a little, Tess can sit next to me.
Police officers at the scene of the accident were asking people to move along/on (= to go to a different place).
Let's stay here tonight, then move on (= continue our journey) tomorrow morning.
In chess, the pieces can only move in certain directions.
1 to go to a different place to live or work:
We're moving to Paris.
They've bought a new house, but it will need a lot of work before they can move into it/move in.
I hear Paula has moved in with her boyfriend (= gone to live in his house).
The couple next door moved away (= went to live somewhere else) last year.
A lot of businesses are moving out of London because it's too expensive.
2 to (cause to) progress, change, or happen in a particular way or direction:
3 to cause someone to take action:
[ + obj + to infinitive ] formal I can't imagine what could have moved him to say such a thing.
4 to (cause to) change an opinion or the way in which you live or work:
He's made up his mind, and nothing you can say will move him on the issue.
More and more people are movingaway from/towards vegetarianism.
5 to cause someone to have strong feelings, such as sadness, sympathy, happiness, or admiration:
6 to sell:
8 to suggest something, especially formally at a meeting or in a law court:
9 (used especially by doctors and nurses) to pass the contents of the bowels out of the body:
10 an act of moving:
11 an occasion when you go to live or work in a different place:
We've had four moves in three years.
13 to go to a different place in order to live or work, or to make someone do this:
14 if a store, office, factory, etc. moves, or if someone moves it, it becomes situated in another place:
move to/from a place The bank's headquarters have now moved to Amsterdam.
move offices/headquarters/operations Airline operations are in the process of being moved to Terminal 2.
15 to change the job that you do, or to make someone do this:
17 if a product moves, or if a store, company, etc. moves it, it sells quickly:
18 to officially suggest something during a meeting:
move that I move that we adopt the resolution.
19 action that a person or organization takes in order to achieve something:
a move to do sth Moves to block free access to music on the Internet have met with limited success.
a move by sb/sth Economists said a move by Japan to cut interest rates in isolation would have little effect on currency levels.
make a move (to do sth) Moves are being made to help future doctors make objective decisions.
first/next/latest move Our next move will crucially depend on the latest figures for inflation.
a bold/strategic/dramatic move Strategic moves announced with the interim results should strengthen the balance sheet and improve cash flow.
a move comes/follows The company's move comes as part of a wider industry crackdown on insurance fraud.
applaud/approve/condemn a move Investors are expected to applaud the move.
20 the process of changing from one system, activity, etc. to another:
21 the process of changing the place where you live or work, or trading in a new place:
a move from/to/into a place The move into Italy is part of a wider international expansion.
You can move the cursor either by using the mouse or by using the arrow keys on the keyboard.
In the summer, the shepherds move their sheep up into the hills .
The poor things were kept in small cages without room to move.
We would dearly love to sell our flat and move to the country.
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