Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To reduce the excessiveness of (something).

    to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.

  2. (intransitive)To become less excessive.

    He used to be an extremist but moderated later in life.

    make less fast or intense

  3. (transitive)To preside over (something) as a moderator.

    to moderate a synod

    preside over

  4. (intransitive)To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.

    We need more users to volunteer to moderate the comment section of our forum.

    moderieren

  5. (transitive)To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission).

    a graphite-moderated reactor

Examples

73 sentences
  1. He drinks a moderate amount of coffee.

    Він п'є помірну кількість кави. — anastasishko

    ruОн пьёт умеренное количество кофе. — Biga

  2. Moderate exercise is necessary for good health.

    Помірні фізичні вправи необхідні для здоров'я. — older

    deEine mäßige Übung ist notwendig für eine gute Gesundheit. — Esperantostern

  3. I always drive at a moderate speed.

    ruЯ всегда вожу на умеренной скорости. — Wezel

  4. Taking moderate exercise will do you good.

    deEtwas Bewegung wird dir guttun. — Manfredo

  5. Taking moderate exercise will keep you healthy.

Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
to act as a moderator:

Origin

From Middle English moderaten (“to restrain, curb; (law) modify”), from moderat(e) + -en (

From Middle English moderaten (“to restrain, curb; (law) modify”), from moderat(e) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin moderātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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Forms

moderates, moderating, moderated, moderated
Base formmoderate · to moderate
3rd person singularmoderates
Present participlemoderating
Past simplemoderated
Past participlemoderated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymoderate
he, she, itmoderates

Past simpleLesson

all personsmoderated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave moderated
he, she, ithas moderated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill moderate

Synonyms

23 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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