Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes.

    Maßhalten

    поміркованістьpomirkovanistʹ

    quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

  2. (countable, uncountable)An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way.

    Mäßigung

  3. (countable, uncountable)The process of moderating a discussion.

    The moderation of a large online forum can be hard work.

    Diskussionsleitung

  4. (countable, uncountable)Usage of neutron moderator to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor.

Examples

52 sentences
  1. Drunk in moderation, alcohol isn't harmful.

    ruЕсли пить в меру, алкоголь не вреден.

    deIn Maßen genossen, ist Alkohol nicht schädlich.

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  2. Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.

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  3. Beer is not really so unhealthy, at least in moderation.

    ruПиво не так уж вредно, по крайней мере, если пить в меру.

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  4. It's best to drink in moderation.

    ruЛучше всего пить в умеренных количествах.

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  5. It's better to drink in moderation.

    ruПить лучше в меру.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes:
instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes:
moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French moderacion, from Latin moderātiō. By

Borrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French moderacion, from Latin moderātiō. By surface analysis, moderate + ion.

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Forms

plural: moderations
Singularmoderation
Pluralmoderations

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

13 related words

See also

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