move

noun

action selected by a player in a game
move in Chess
putting forth strategic effort towards a goal

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verb

change position; go from one position to another
act; take action
In computer operations, to remove something from a location and add it to a different location
impelled action
affect emotionally
attack

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /muːv/ / /myv/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English move From Middle English moven, moeven, meven, borrowed from Old Northern French mover, moveir and Old French mouver, moveir (“to move”) (compare modern French mouvoir from Old French movoir), from Latin movēre (“move; change, exchange, go in or out, quit”), from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move, drive”). Cognate with Lithuanian mauti (“to push on, rush”), Sanskrit मीवति (mī́vati, “pushes, presses, moves”), Middle Dutch mouwe (“sleeve”). Largely displaced native English stir, from Middle English stiren, sturien, from Old English styrian. See also Old English hrēran.

The act of moving; a movement.
“A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course.”
“The drummer Cynthia praised her best friends' dance moves to the music.”
An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
“He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen.”
A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
“She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move.”
“He can win a match with that one move.”
The event of changing one's residence.
“The move into my fiancé's house took two long days.”
“They were pleased about their move to the country.”
A change in strategy.
“I am worried about our boss's move.”
“It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders.”
A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
“Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland.”
The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
“The best move of the game was when he sacrificed his rook in order to gain better possession.”
“It's your move! Roll the dice!”
A round, in which each player has a turn.
“You can win in three moves if you do that.”
Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction

verb

To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
“A ship moves rapidly.”
“I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, feeling too lazy to move.”
To act; to take action; to begin to act
“to move in a matter”
“Come on guys, let's move: there's work to do!”
To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place; similarly to change the location of another establishment such as a business. See also move out and move in.
“I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life.”
“They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time.”
To transport (an item) as part of changing residences.
“Before my lease ended, I gave away my old sofa because I didn't want to move it.”
To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another
“The waves moved the boat up and down.”
“The horse moves a carriage.”
To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.
“She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board.”
“He rolled a 5 and moved his counter to Boardwalk, the most expensive property on the Monopoly board.”
To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
“This song moves me to dance.”
“Seducer of the People, not moved with the Piety of his Life”
To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).
“That book really moved me.”
“When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.”
To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit
“I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform.”
“Two days were thus wasted in the quarrel between the consuls. It was clear that while Faminius was present no decision could be arrived at. Owing to Flaminius' absence through illness, Aemilius seized the opportunity to move a resolution which the senate adopted. Its purport was that the Ambracians should have all their property restored to them; they should be free to live under their own laws; they should impose such harbour dues and other imposts by land and sea as they desired, provided that the Romans and their Italian allies were exempt.”
To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
“"Sir," seyde Sir Boys, "ye nede nat to meve me of such maters, for well ye wote I woll do what I may to please you."”
“The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, […] Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.”
To apply to, as for aid.
“To me she speaks; she moves me for her them”
To request an action from the court.
“An attorney moved the court to issue a restraining order.”
“The district attorney moved for a non-suit.”
To bow or salute upon meeting.
To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).
“This business will fail if it can't move the inventory quickly.”
To transfer the value of one object in memory to another efficiently (i.e., without copying it in entirety).
“We didn’t really want a copy; we just wanted to get the result out of a function: we wanted to move a Vector rather than to copy it.”
“In Rust, for most types, operations like assigning a value to a variable, passing it to a function, or returning it from a function don’t copy the value: they move it.”