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moderate

UK /ˈmɒdəɹət/US /ˈmɑdəɹət/

adjective 6
noun 2
/ˈmɑdəɹeɪt/ verb 5
forms 6

adjective6

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Not excessive; acting in moderation.
- A number of moderate members managed […] to obtain a majority in a thin house. — 1731
More than mild but less than severe.
Mediocre.
Average or middling, for example in price.
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Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.
- These are called the Islands of the Blest; rains fall there seldom, and in moderate showers, but for the most part they have gentle breezes, bringing along with them soft dews — 1859
Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.

noun2

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One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
- While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so
- The moderates are the natural advocates of ecumenism against the fanatics of their churches.
(historical) One of a party in Scottish Church history dominant in the 18th century, lax in doctrine and discipline, but intolerant of evangelicalism and popular rights. It caused the secessions of 1733 and 1761, and its final resultant was the Disruption of 1843.

moderate

UK /ˈmɒdəɹeɪt/US /ˈmɑdəɹeɪt/

verb5

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To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
- to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.
To preside over (something) as a moderator.
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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.
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To become less excessive.
- He used to be an extremist but moderated later in life.
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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

forms

moderated · moderating · moderates · moderateth · more moderate · most moderate

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