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What (who) is move - definition
Move (command)
COMMAND IN VARIOUS DOS, OS/2 AND MICROSOFT WINDOWS SHELLS
MOVE.EXE; MOVE (command); MOVE (DOS command)
In computing, move is a command in various command-line interpreters (shells) such as COMMAND.COM, cmd.
move
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
MOVE!; Move (band); Move (disambiguation); Move (song); Move (album); MOVE Organization; Move (film); MOVE; MOVE (organization); Move (organization)
I
n.
act
1) to make a move (who will make the first move?)
2) a false move (one false move would be costly)
3) a brilliant; clever, smart; decisive move
moving of a piece in chess, checkers
4) to make a move
5) a brilliant; stupid, wrong move
6) an opening move (also fig.)
act of moving
7) a move to (our firm's move to the Coast)
8) (misc.) (colloq.) to get a move on ('to go faster'); on the move
II
v.
1) ('to stir') to move deeply, profoundly
2) ('to change the position of') to move bodily
3) (d; intr.) ('to request') to move for (to move for a new trial)
4) (D; intr., tr.) ('to change or cause to change one's position, place of residence, place of work') to move from; into, to; out of (let's move from this table to that one; they moved from the city to the suburbs; the firm is moveing to California; let's move the chair from/out of this room to that one; he moved his family from/out of an old house into a new apartment; we are moveing our main office from/out of the city to a small town)
5) (D; tr.) ('to stir') to move to (she was moved to tears)
6) (d; intr.) ('to change one's position') to move towards (to move towards the exit)
7) (H) ('to induce') what moved her to make such a gesture.
8) (L; subj.) ('to propose') she moved that the resolution be/should be approved
move
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
MOVE!; Move (band); Move (disambiguation); Move (song); Move (album); MOVE Organization; Move (film); MOVE; MOVE (organization); Move (organization)
(moves, moving, moved)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
When you move something or when it moves, its position changes and it does not remain still.
She moved the sheaf of papers into position...
A traffic warden asked him to move his car...
I could see the branches of the trees moving back and forth...
The train began to move.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n, V prep/adv, V
2.
When you move, you change your position or go to a different place.
She waited for him to get up, but he didn't move...
He moved around the room, putting his possessions together...
VERB: V, V prep/adv
•
Move is also a noun.
The doctor made a move towards the door...
Daniel's eyes followed her every move.
= movement
N-COUNT: usu sing
3.
If you move, you act or you begin to do something.
Industrialists must move fast to take advantage of new opportunities in Eastern Europe.
= act
VERB: V
4.
A move is an action that you take in order to achieve something.
The one point cut in interest rates was a wise move...
The thirty-five member nations agreed to the move...
N-COUNT: usu sing
5.
If a person or company moves, they leave the building where they have been living or working, and they go to live or work in a different place, taking their possessions with them.
My family home is in Yorkshire and they don't want to move...
She had often considered moving to London...
They move house fairly frequently...
VERB: V, V to n, V n
•
Move is also a noun.
Modigliani announced his move to Montparnasse in 1909.
N-COUNT
6.
If people in authority move someone, they make that person go from one place or job to another one.
His superiors moved him to another parish...
Ms Clark is still in position and there are no plans to move her...
= transfer
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n
7.
If you move from one job or interest to another, you change to it.
He moved from being an extramural tutor to being a lecturer in social history...
In the early days Christina moved jobs to get experience.
VERB: V from/to n/-ing, V n
•
Move is also a noun.
His move to the chairmanship means he will take a less active role in day-to-day management.
N-COUNT
8.
If you move to a new topic in a conversation, you start talking about something different.
Let's move to another subject, Dan.
VERB: V from/to n/-ing
9.
If you move an event or the date of an event, you change the time at which it happens.
The club has moved its meeting to Saturday, January 22nd...
The band have moved forward their Leeds date to October 27.
VERB: V n to n, V n with adv, also V n
10.
If you move towards a particular state, activity, or opinion, you start to be in that state, do that activity, or have that opinion.
Since the Convention was drawn up international opinion has begun to move against it.
VERB: V prep/adv
•
Move is also a noun.
His move to the left was not a sudden leap but a natural working out of ideas.
= shift
N-COUNT
11.
If a situation or process is moving, it is developing or progressing, rather than staying still.
Events are moving fast...
Someone has got to get things moving.
VERB: usu cont, V, V n -ing
12.
If you say that you will not be moved, you mean that you have come to a decision and nothing will change your mind.
Everyone thought I was mad to go back, but I wouldn't be moved.
= budge
VERB: usu passive, with neg, be V-ed
13.
If something moves you to do something, it influences you and causes you to do it.
It was punk that first moved him to join a band seriously...
VERB: V n to-inf
14.
If something moves you, it has an effect on your emotions and causes you to feel sadness or sympathy for another person.
These stories surprised and moved me...
His prayer moved me to tears.
VERB: V n, V n to n
• moved
Those who listened to him were deeply moved.
ADJ: v-link ADJ
15.
If you say that someone moves in a particular society, circle, or world, you mean that they know people in a particular social class or group and spend most of their time with them.
She moves in high-society circles in London...
VERB: V in n
16.
At a meeting, if you move a motion, you formally suggest it so that everyone present can vote on it.
Labour quickly moved a closure motion to end the debate...
I move that the case be dismissed.
= put forward, propose
VERB: V n, V that
17.
A move is an act of putting a chess piece or other counter in a different position on a board when it is your turn to do so in a game.
With no idea of what to do for my next move, my hand hovered over the board.
N-COUNT
18.
If you say that one false move will cause a disaster, you mean that you or someone else must not make any mistakes because the situation is so difficult or dangerous.
He knew one false move would end in death.
PHRASE
19.
If you tell someone to get a move on, you are telling them to hurry. (INFORMAL)
= hurry up
PHRASE
20.
If you make a move, you prepare or begin to leave one place and go somewhere else.
He glanced at his wristwatch. 'I suppose we'd better make a move.'
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to-inf
21.
If you make a move, you take a course of action.
The week before the deal was supposed to close, fifteen Japanese banks made a move to pull out...
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to-inf
22.
If you are on the move, you are going from one place to another.
Jack never wanted to stay in one place for very long, so they were always on the move.
PHRASE: usu PHR after v, v-link PHR
23.
Examples of use of move
1. "Sometimes you get a response with the Europeans saying they will move if the Americans move, and the Americans say they will move if the Europeans move.
2. It doesn‘t move quickly, but it does move definitively.
3. "This move, by itself, is a really positive move.
4. The protesters move forward slowly; the police move back slowly.
5. "My intention is to move this and move this fast," said Rep.