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🏃 To change position 🏃 A body motion ➡️ To take action 🚚 To change home 🚚 A change of home 🧠 A decision 💓 To affect emotionally 🗳️ To propose formally ♟️ A turn in a game ♟️ To take a turn 🛒 To sell goods 🤝 To mix socially
to move

to move

8 5.9
Be part of a certain social group
  • verb
  • /muːv/
: moverse (en/entre)
  • Given the circles in which Benjamin moved, I did not have high hopes for his future.
  • move into the elite

We're in the zone, we're flowing, and we're moving within that form of storytelling.

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Examples

  • We might not be able to explain it, but that way of moving a body, this is how the people in my community move.

    Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance (2020)

  • Despite the corporatist nature of the party-state, Taiwan's society has moved progressively toward a high degree of pluralism.

    Academic text (1992)

  • No, well, I work for a big company there and we move around a lot.

    The Impossible (2012)

  • I'm starting to understand why you move around a lot, Reacher.

    Jack Reacher (2012)

  • Gesturing to Tanaka for silence, she moved forward as quietly as she could.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Despite his clumsiness and notorious absentmindedness, he moved in the highest intellectual circles of England and Scotland.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The McClellans and the Harrises didn't usually move in the same circles.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • After joining the new club, he started to move in different social circles, making new friends every week.

  • Once she began her new job, she felt like she could finally move among people who shared her interests.

  • As he attended more events, he began to move within circles that encouraged his personal growth.

Synonyms

to move in
vsto move
662 1.8

To start living in a new home or office

refers to beginning to occupy a place not to joining a social group
to inhabit
vsto move
77 3.5

To live in a place like a house or area

focuses on belonging to and operating within a social group rather than location

Antonyms

to isolate
204 4.2

To keep someone or something apart from others

to disconnect
104 3.5

To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power

Idioms

on the move
110 3.9

Often traveling or changing what you do

to move the needle
  • Jargon
10 6.2

To make a clear change in results or numbers

to move heaven and earth
  • Informal
8 4.2

Do everything you can to achieve something important

to move the chains
  • Informal
2 7.6

To make steady progress toward a goal by taking small needed steps

to move through the gears
  • UK
1 5.7

To go through stages more easily as you gain confidence

to move the yardstick
  • Informal
1 7.5

Change the rules or standards so doing well becomes harder

every move counts
1 4.5

Each action or decision can change the final result

Phrasal Verbs

to move on
∞ 3.1

To start the next stage or activity and stop focusing on the past

to move in
662 1.8

To start living in a new home or office

to move into
636 1.0

To enter and begin to be in a place, for example when people start living there and when weather arrives

to move out
472 2.8

To make someone or something leave a place

to move back
388 1.7

To step away to an earlier place

to move on to
350 2.3

To begin talking about a different topic or activity

to move it
  • Informal
240 6.7

To hurry so you do something faster, often to avoid being late

to move up
233 2.0

Go to a higher place or level

to move out
216 1.9

To leave a home or building and take your things with you

to move along
168 3.0

Go forward or leave a place when someone tells you to

to make a move
159 3.2

To start doing something yourself after waiting or thinking

to move through
146 2.1

Pass from one point to another during a journey or process

to move over
94 1.6

Shift a little to make room for someone else

to move up
72 3.2

Get a better job or higher position at work

to move ahead
72 2.7

To start or continue something so it gets closer to a goal

to move around
67 1.8

To travel from place to place for work or duties

to move beyond
48 4.3

To go past a problem and start something better

to get a move on
  • Informal
37 3.4

Hurry and start moving faster

to move in on
18 6.3

To start taking control of a business or area without being invited

to move back and forth
17 2.8

Go first one way and then the other repeatedly

to bust a move
  • Informal
13 8.9

To dance with a lot of energy to show skill or have fun

to move up in the world
11 4.5

To get more successful and reach a higher social or economic position

to move in on
  • NSFW
8 7.4

To try to get involved with someone or their work in a way they do not want

to move house
  • UK
5 2.1

To change where you live to a different home

to move around
1 1.3

To go around something to get to the other side

to move it over
1 1.8

Push something a little to one side

to move forward irregardless
  • Informal
9.8

Keep going despite problems or objections

Compounds

dance move
23 2.6

A specific step or movement done during a dance

power move
  • Informal
5 6.6

A bold action to show strength or gain advantage over others

chess move
3 3.0

An action that moves a chess piece according to the game rules

opening move
3 3.9

The first action someone takes at the start of a game or negotiation

ballsy move
  • NSFW
3 8.8

A bold and risky action that shows courage

Lindy move
1 9.3

A dance step in Lindy Hop that shows lively footwork

career-limiting move
1 7.7

A choice or action that makes it harder for you to get promoted

cheesedick move
  • Offensive
9.9

An action that is cowardly or unfair and causes trouble

cockfuck move
  • Offensive
9.9

Rude behavior or words that make other people feel bad

dicktard move
  • Slur
9.9

A very foolish and rude action that shows poor judgment

assfuck move
  • Offensive
9.9

A very foolish action that you regret later

asshatty move
  • Offensive
9.9

A selfish or rude action that annoys other people

rug-cutting move
  • Slang
8.2

A lively dance move that people do with energy to show skill

pillocky move
  • NSFW
9.9

A foolish or silly action

supercunt move
  • Offensive
9.9

An action that is very rude and hurts people

Shahbagi move
  • Jargon
9.9

A special dance movement in the Shahbagi style

shitfuck move
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude, unfair action done without warning that hurts someone

shitnugget move
  • Offensive
9.9

A very foolish and dangerous action that causes big problems

How Connected

to belong
682 1.8
to move
8 5.9

Surface Forms

move infinitive
moved past
moved past participle
moving present participle
moves third person singular

Etymology

Move comes from the Latin movere, 'to move', and when we say someone moves in certain circles we mean they go among those people or spend time there. So to move in a group is to live or act inside a particular social area.