to move
- verb
- /muːv/
- They plan to move closer to their family next year.
- move away
- move the family
- move north
I had no plans to move to LA at all.
- I had no plans to move to LA at all.
- Well, that's a big deal to move from skeptic to trader.
- So I, you know, by August I was moving down to Milwaukee.
- And she had just moved from Zimbabwe to here.
- You know, it's like this guy was moving from Ohio to Texas.
- I'm saying I say leave school, move to New York, go into training.
- So like Mike moved in there like after.
- Your, your default should be you're going to move somewhere, right?
Examples
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Most of my friends have moved out of London.
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I know she just moved into her new place.
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Yes, you can move and get a fresh start.
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I had no plans to move to LA at all.
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What led you to move to the UK?
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We will move out right away.
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Accordingly, people may choose to move to places perceived as offering a better life.
Academic text (2012) -
So yeah, I've just moved in like a week ago.
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Actually, I just moved to Rowlett in May.
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But we understand you're planning to move to Philadelphia.
Synonyms
To enter and begin to be in a place, for example when people start living there and when weather arrives
To start living in a new home or office
Move to a new place and start living or working there
To move from one place to another to live, often for work or because seasons change
Move to a new place to live when something forces you to leave your home
Leave home and move to a new place
To change where you live to a different home
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To make steady progress toward a goal by taking small needed steps
Phrasal Verbs
To enter and begin to be in a place, for example when people start living there and when weather arrives
- NSFW
To try to get involved with someone or their work in a way they do not want
Compounds
How Far
Surface Forms
Etymology
Move comes from the Latin movere, 'to move', and the idea is simply a change of place. That's why when people change their home we call that a 'move' — it is a change of where you live.