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  • Reino Unido//ˈmɒdəɹət//
  • Reino Unido//ˈmɒdəɹeɪt//
  • Estados Unidos//ˈmɑdəɹət//
  • Estados Unidos//ˈmɑdəɹeɪt//

Not excessive; acting in moderation.

adjetivo

  1. 1

    Not excessive; acting in moderation.

    moderate language

    a moderate Calvinist

    travelling at a moderate speed

    A number of moderate members managed […] to obtain a majority in a thin house.

  2. 2

    More than mild but less than severe.

  3. 3

    Mediocre.

  4. 4

    Average or middling, for example in price.

  5. 5

    Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle.

    a moderate winter

    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

  6. 6

    Having an intermediate position between liberal and conservative.

Etimología

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.

sustantivo

  1. 1

    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.

    On the other side, RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch (a moderate) has to contend with the hardliners on his executive, whose intentions go way beyond trying to sort out their members' terms and conditions.

  2. 2

    históricoOne 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.

Etimología

From a substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

verbo

  1. 1

    To reduce the excessiveness of (something).

    to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.

    By its astringent Quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm Water.

    This leaves two strategies to increase the current in a positron beam. First is to provide a stronger positron source and second is to develop a more efficient method to moderate the source positrons into a monoenergetic beam.

  2. 2

    To become less excessive.

    He used to be an extremist but moderated later in life.

  3. 3

    To preside over (something) as a moderator.

    to moderate a synod

  4. 4

    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.

  5. 5

    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

Etimología

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.

Formas

plural
moderates
comparativo
more moderate
superlativo
most moderate
pasado
moderated
participio
moderated
gerundio
moderating
3.ª persona del singular
moderates
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