moving Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   go; travel; move; locomote.
   
   • How fast does your new car go?
   • We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus
   • The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect
   • The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell
   • news travelled fast
2. verb cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
   move; displace.
   
   • Move those boxes into the corner, please
   • I'm moving my money to another bank
   • The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
3. verb move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
   move.
   
   • He moved his hand slightly to the right
4. verb change residence, affiliation, or place of employment
   move.
   
   • We moved from Idaho to Nebraska
   • The basketball player moved from one team to another
5. verb follow a procedure or take a course
   go; move; proceed.
   
   • We should go farther in this matter
   • She went through a lot of trouble
   • go about the world in a certain manner
   • Messages must go through diplomatic channels
6. verb be in a state of action
   move; be active.
   
   • she is always moving
7. verb go or proceed from one point to another
   move.
   
   • the debate moved from family values to the economy
8. verb perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
   move; act.
   
   • think before you act
   • We must move quickly
   • The governor should act on the new energy bill
   • The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel
9. verb have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
   strike; affect; move; impress.
   
   • This child impressed me as unusually mature
   • This behavior struck me as odd
10. verb give an incentive for action
    motivate; prompt; propel; incite; move; actuate.
    
    • This moved me to sacrifice my career
11. verb arouse sympathy or compassion in
    move.
    
    • Her fate moved us all
12. verb dispose of by selling
    move.
    
    • The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers
13. verb progress by being changed
    go; move; run.
    
    • The speech has to go through several more drafts
    • run through your presentation before the meeting
14. verb live one's life in a specified environment
    move.
    
    • she moves in certain circles only
15. verb have a turn; make one's move in a game
    go; move.
    
    • Can I go now?
16. verb propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting
    make a motion; move.
    
17. adjective in motion
    
    • a constantly moving crowd
    • the moving parts of the machine
18. adjective arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion
    
    • she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne
19. adjective used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion
    
    • Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'

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