moderate

== English == === Pronunciation === Adjective, noun: IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation) /ˈmɒdəɹət/ (General American, Atlantic Canada) enPR: mäd'ər-ət, IPA(key): /ˈmɑdəɹət/ Verb: IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation) /ˈmɒdəɹeɪt/ (General American, Atlantic Canada) enPR: mäd'ə-rāt, IPA(key): /ˈmɑdəɹeɪt/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English moderat(e) (“moderate, temperate”), borrowed from Latin moderātus, perfect active participle of moderor (“to regulate, to restrain, to moderate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from moder-, modes-, a stem appearing also in modestus (“moderate, discreet, modest”), from modus (“a measure”); see mode and modest. Doublet of moderato. Displaced native Old English ġemetlīċ (“moderate”) and metegian (“to moderate”). Cognate with French modéré. ==== Adjective ==== moderate (comparative more moderate, superlative most moderate) Not excessive; acting in moderation (pathology) more than mild, less than severe Mediocre Average priced; standard-deal Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle. (US, politics) Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative. Synonym: middle-of-the-road ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:moderate See also Thesaurus:intermediate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From a substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. ==== Noun ==== moderate (plural moderates) One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics. (Christianity, 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. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === 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. ==== Verb ==== moderate (third-person singular simple present moderates, present participle moderating, simple past and past participle moderated) (transitive) To reduce the excessiveness of (something). Synonyms: accoy, mitigate, soften, temper, temperate (intransitive) To become less excessive. Synonyms: cool, settle down, soften, ease off (transitive) To preside over (something) as a moderator. Synonyms: arbitrate, chair (intransitive) To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise. (transitive, physics) To supply with a moderator (substance that decreases the speed of neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increases likelihood of fission). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “moderate”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “moderate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === moderate inflection of moderat: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== moderate inflection of moderare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== moderate f pl feminine plural of moderato === Anagrams === dateremo == Latin == === Verb === moderāte second-person plural present active imperative of moderō === References === “moderate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “moderate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Norwegian Bokmål == === Adjective === moderate definite singular of moderat plural of moderat == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Adjective === moderate definite singular of moderat plural of moderat == Spanish == === Verb === moderate second-person singular voseo imperative of moderar combined with te