to moderate
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4.4
- verb
- /ˈmɒdərɪt/
:
moderar
- When you learn to moderate your attitudes, you are welcome to join us.
- moderate the effect
- a moderating variable
- a moderating factor
Or two, you should completely and utterly, utterly moderate your behaviour.
- Or two, you should completely and utterly, utterly moderate your behaviour.
- Regulation moderates risk, but can't eliminate it.
- And he just kept going, You need to moderate this stuff.
- So you have to make sure you moderate.
- And the half educated would be well advised to moderate their contempt for those people.
- And I think that really we should focus less on maxing and more on moderating.
- I can see some of the excesses to which Trump pushed us being moderated.
- I think to the extent to which you can moderate your own greed, you can play longer term games.
- No, I, I, I think, you know, being able to moderate and yeah, I used to party a lot when I was younger.
- We would say, well, we've got to to compel them to moderate.
- Or higher income individuals might moderate their weight and strive to be healthier as they compare themselves to other people who are in better shape.
- We see other families and when they moderate certain products that we sell in terms of what's given to kids, that's a trend.
Examples
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And the half educated would be well advised to moderate their contempt for those people.
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But even they can learn to moderate it, so they'll have more choice.
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How do I moderate my channel in a way that no one else is doing?
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- The point is, Prime Minister, we must moderate the pace...
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And you better moderate your language or I'll go elsewhere.
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Expose everyone to opinions that sound different from the way they think and that might lead them to moderate their own views.
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I think to the extent to which you can moderate your own greed, you can play longer term games.
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The most powerful of moderating influences in a democracy is the middle class.
Fiction book (2002) -
With lower fuel prices, gas consumption increases, moderating the potential price reduction.
Academic text (1999) -
It is important to moderate your reactions when discussing sensitive topics to maintain a respectful dialogue.
Synonyms
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2.4
To have power over people, things, or situations
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3.5
To keep something dangerous from spreading or getting worse
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3.7
Stop something from growing or spreading
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3.5
To limit or control something to stop it getting worse
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3.0
To make something less wild or strong
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3.5
Make something less strong or harsh
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4.5
To stop yourself from showing strong feelings
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4.2
Make a feeling or action less strong
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3.1
Make something less strong or harsh
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3.7
To make something less strong, for example a sound, color or feeling
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7.2
To make someone less angry or upset
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A strong wind of about 37 to 44 miles per hour that makes sailing difficult
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Moderate comes from the old Latin root mod- and the word modus, meaning 'measure' or 'limit'. To moderate something is to bring it back into 'measure' or to make it less extreme.