B1adjective · common

moderate

moderate · more moderate · most moderate

поміркований, середній, помірний, вимірний

умеренный, средний, сдержанный, заурядный

mäßig, moderat, gemäßigt, mittelmäßig

Not excessive; acting in moderationNot excessive; acting in moderation.

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UK/ˈmɒdəɹət/US/ˈmɑdəɹət/

» He drinks a moderate amount of coffee.

Он пьёт умеренное количество кофе.

Він п'є помірну кількість кави.

Meaning

6 senses

Not excessive; acting in moderation.
moderate language
a moderate Calvinist
moderat, mäßig, gemäßigt
уме́ренныйumérennyj, сде́ржанныйsdéržannyj
вимірни́йvymirnýj, помі́рнийpomírnyj, помірко́ванийpomirkóvanyj
More than mild but less than severe.
Mediocre.
mittelmäßig, mäßig
посре́дственныйposrédstvennyj, зауря́дныйzaurjádnyj, сре́днийsrédnij
посере́днійposerédnij, сере́днійserédnij, аби́якийabýjakyj
Average or middling, for example in price.
Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
a moderate winter
(US)Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.
moderat
уме́ренныйumérennyj
помірко́ванийpomirkóvanyj

More definitions

not extreme
being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

Examples

73 sentences

He drinks a moderate amount of coffee.
Він п'є помірну кількість кави.
ruОн пьёт умеренное количество кофе.
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Moderate exercise is necessary for good health.
Помірні фізичні вправи необхідні для здоров'я.
deEine mäßige Übung ist notwendig für eine gute Gesundheit.
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I always drive at a moderate speed.
ruЯ всегда вожу на умеренной скорости.
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Taking moderate exercise will do you good.
deEtwas Bewegung wird dir guttun.
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Taking moderate exercise will keep you healthy.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

not excessive:

mediocre:

Русский

By meaning 2

not excessive:

mediocre:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

not excessive:

mediocre:

Origin

From Middle English moderat(e) (“moderate, temperate”), borrowed from Latin moderātus, per

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. Doublet of moderato. Displaced native Old English ġemetlīċ (“moderate”) and metegian (“to moderate”). Cognate with French modéré.

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