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Exact Match:

move

the act of deciding to do something; "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"

(game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game

the act of changing your residence or place of business; "they say that three moves equal one fire"

go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"

progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"

propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting

have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"

arouse sympathy or compassion in; "Her fate moved us all"

move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

change residence, affiliation, or place of employment; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"

dispose of by selling; "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"

live one's life in a specified environment; "she moves in certain circles only"

Synonyms:

• accomplished fact,
• accomplishment,
• achievement,
• acquit,
• act,
• acta,
• action,
• activate,
• activity,
• actuate,
• actuation,
• ad hoc measure,
• admonish,
• advance,
• advancing,
• adventure,
• advocate,
• affect,
• agitate,
• alteration,
• anchor,
• animate,
• annoy,
• answer,
• approach,
• arouse,
• art,
• artful dodge,
• artifice,
• ascend,
• assay,
• attempt,
• awake,
• awaken,
• back,
• back up,
• be,
• bear,
• begin,
• behave,
• bend,
• bias,
• bid,
• billet at,
• bivouac,
• blind,
• blow,
• blow the coals,
• blow up,
• bowl,
• break the ice,
• breathe,
• bring,
• bring before,
• bring forward,
• bring up,
• broach,
• budge,
• bunt,
• burrow,
• busy,
• butt,
• call forth,
• call up,
• camp,
• caper,
• carry,
• carry away,
• carry off,
• cart away,
• caution,
• change,
• change place,
• change-over,
• charge,
• chicanery,
• circle,
• climb,
• close out,
• colonize,
• color,
• come along,
• come home to,
• come on,
• come to anchor,
• commence,
• commend to attention,
• commute,
• compel,
• comport,
• conduct,
• conspiracy,
• contrivance,
• convert into cash,
• convey,
• countermove,
• coup,
• course,
• course of action,
• cover ground,
• crack,
• craft,
• cut under,
• cute trick,
• dealings,
• decamp,
• deceit,
• deed,
• delocalize,
• demarche,
• demean,
• depart,
• deport,
• descend,
• design,
• device,
• dislocate,
• dislodge,
• displace,
• dispose,
• disquiet,
• disturb,
• do,
• dodge,
• doing,
• doings,
• domesticate,
• drive,
• drive on,
• drop anchor,
• dump,
• dynamics,
• ebb,
• effect a sale,
• effort,
• emigrate,
• encourage,
• endeavor,
• energize,
• enjoin,
• enkindle,
• enrage,
• ensconce,
• enterprise,
• essay,
• establish residence,
• excite,
• exhort,
• exist,
• exit,
• expedient,
• experiment,
• exploit,
• expostulate,
• fait accompli,
• fakement,
• fan,
• fan the fire,
• fan the flame,
• fare,
• fare forth,
• feat,
• feed the fire,
• feint,
• fetch,
• fire,
• flame,
• fling,
• flit,
• flow,
• foment,
• force,
• forward,
• foster,
• frenzy,
• function,
• gain ground,
• galvanize,
• gambit,
• game,
• gang,
• gather head,
• gather way,
• gest,
• gesticulation,
• gesture,
• get,
• get ahead,
• get along,
• get away,
• get cracking,
• get going,
• get moving,
• get off,
• get on,
• get over,
• get under way,
• gimmick,
• give an impetus,
• give momentum,
• go,
• go ahead,
• go along,
• go around,
• go deep,
• go fast,
• go forward,
• go off,
• go on,
• go round,
• go sideways,
• go through one,
• goad,
• going,
• grieve,
• grift,
• gyrate,
• hand,
• handiwork,
• hasten,
• heat,
• hie,
• hive,
• hurry,
• impassion,
• impel,
• impress,
• improvisation,
• in transit,
• incense,
• incite,
• incline,
• induce,
• inflame,
• influence,
• infuriate,
• inhabit,
• inspire,
• intrigue,
• introduce,
• issue a caveat,
• job,
• jugglery,
• jury-rig,
• jury-rigged expedient,
• keep house,
• key up,
• kindle,
• kinematics,
• kinesipathy,
• kinesis,
• kinesitherapy,
• kinetics,
• knavery,
• last expedient,
• last resort,
• last shift,
• lather up,
• launch,
• lay aside,
• lay before,
• lead,
• leave,
• lick,
• light the fuse,
• light up,
• little game,
• live,
• live at,
• locate,
• madden,
• make,
• make a motion,
• make a move,
• make a sale,
• make good time,
• make haste,
• make head against,
• make headway,
• make off,
• make progress,
• make progress against,
• make strides,
• make up leeway,
• makeshift,
• maneuver,
• manhandle,
• march,
• market,
• means,
• measure,
• melt,
• melt the heart,
• merchandise,
• misbehave,
• mobilization,
• mobilize,
• modification,
• moor,
• moot,
• motion,
• motivate,
• motivation,
• mount,
• move along,
• move away,
• move forward,
• move on,
• move out,
• move over,
• move to action,
• movement,
• moving,
• nest,
• nudge,
• occupied,
• offer,
• offer a resolution,
• on the go,
• on the move,
• on the road,
• on the run,
• on the way,
• open up,
• operate,
• operation,
• opportunity,
• overexcite,
• overt act,
• park,
• pass,
• pass along,
• pass on,
• passage,
• pedal,
• penetrate,
• people,
• perch,
• performance,
• persuade,
• pierce,
• pique,
• pis aller,
• play,
• plot,
• ploy,
• plunge,
• pole,
• populate,
• pose,
• postulate,
• power,
• practice,
• preach,
• predispose,
• prefer,
• prevail,
• procedure,
• proceed,
• proceeding,
• prod,
• production,
• progress,
• progressing,
• promote,
• prompt,
• propel,
• propose,
• proposition,
• propound,
• provoke,
• pull out,
• pull up stakes,
• push,
• put aside,
• put forth,
• put forward,
• put in motion,
• put it to,
• quicken,
• racket,
• reach,
• recommend,
• red herring,
• regress,
• relocate,
• relocation,
• remind,
• remonstrate,
• removal,
• remove,
• replace,
• res gestae,
• resell,
• reside,
• resort,
• resource,
• restlessness,
• retail,
• retrogress,
• rise,
• roll,
• roll on,
• roost,
• rotate,
• rouse,
• row,
• ruffle,
• run,
• running,
• ruse,
• rush,
• sacrifice,
• sadden,
• sashay,
• scheme,
• sell,
• sell off,
• sell on consignment,
• sell out,
• sell over,
• sell retail,
• sell short,
• sell up,
• sell wholesale,
• send,
• serve,
• set agoing,
• set aside,
• set astir,
• set before,
• set fire to,
• set forth,
• set going,
• set in motion,
• set on fire,
• set up housekeeping,
• set up shop,
• settle,
• settle down,
• shake up,
• shake-up,
• shift,
• ship,
• shot,
• shove,
• shunt,
• side,
• sink,
• sit down,
• sleight,
• smart,
• smite,
• soar,
• soften,
• soften up,
• solution,
• spark,
• spin,
• spur,
• squat,
• stab,
• stand,
• start,
• stay at,
• steam up,
• stem,
• step,
• step forward,
• stimulate,
• sting,
• stir,
• stir the blood,
• stir the embers,
• stir the feelings,
• stir up,
• stirring,
• stop,
• stopgap,
• stratagem,
• strategy,
• stream,
• strike,
• strike root,
• stroke,
• stroke of policy,
• strong bid,
• stunt,
• submit,
• subside,
• subsist,
• subterfuge,
• succeeding,
• suggest,
• summon up,
• supersede,
• supplant,
• sway,
• sweep,
• sweep along,
• tactic,
• take away,
• take off,
• take residence at,
• take root,
• take up residence,
• temporary expedient,
• tentative,
• thing,
• thing done,
• thrust,
• time,
• tinge,
• tone,
• touch,
• touch a chord,
• tour de force,
• transaction,
• transfer,
• transmit,
• transport,
• travel,
• treadle,
• trial,
• trial and error,
• trick,
• trickery,
• troll,
• trump,
• trundle,
• try,
• turn,
• turn into money,
• turn on,
• turn over,
• undercut,
• undersell,
• undertaking,
• unload,
• unrest,
• up,
• upset,
• urge,
• variation,
• velocity,
• wake,
• wake up,
• waken,
• wane,
• warm,
• warm the blood,
• warn,
• wayfare,
• wear down,
• weigh with,
• wend,
• whack,
• whip on,
• whip up,
• whirl,
• wholesale,
• wile,
• wily device,
• withdraw,
• work,
• work into,
• work up,
• working,
• working hypothesis,
• working proposition,
• works