มีผลลัพธ์ที่ไม่แสดงผลอยู่ | | moderate | (v) preside over, Syn. lead, chair, Example: John moderated the discussion | | moderate | (v) make less fast or intense, Example: moderate your speed | | moderate | (adj) being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme, Ant. immoderate, Example: moderate prices; a moderate income; a moderate fine; moderate demands; a moderate estimate; a moderate eater; moderate success; a kitchen of moderate size; the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart | | moderate | (adj) not extreme, Syn. temperate, Example: a moderate penalty; temperate in his response to criticism | | moderate | (adj) marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes, Syn. restrained, Example: moderate in his demands; restrained in his response | | moderate breeze | (n) wind moving 13-18 knots; 4 on the Beaufort scale | | moderate gale | (n) wind moving 32-38 knots; 7 on the Beaufort scale, Syn. near gale | | moderately | (adv) with moderation; in a moderate manner, Ant. immoderately, Example: he drinks moderately | | moderation | (n) quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes, Syn. moderateness, Ant. immoderation | | moderation | (n) the action of lessening in severity or intensity, Syn. mitigation, Example: the object being control or moderation of economic depressions |
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| | Moderate | v. i. 1. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To preside as a moderator. [ 1913 Webster ] Dr. Barlow [ was ] engaged . . . to moderate for him in the divinity disputation. Bp. Barlow's Remains (1693). [ 1913 Webster ] | | Moderate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moderated p. pr. & vb. n. Moderating. ] 1. To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind. [ 1913 Webster ] By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ] To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] | | Moderate | n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Moderate | a. [ L. moderatus, p. p. of moderate, moderati, to moderate, regulate, control, fr. modus measure. See Mode. ] Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained; as: (a) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table. (b) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors. (c) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist; a moderate Republican. [ 1913 Webster ] A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] (d) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter. “Moderate showers.” Walter. (e) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed. (f) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities. (g) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] | | moderated | adj. having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially, made less severe. Contrasted with harsh.
Syn. -- qualified, tempered. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] | | Moderately | adv. In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent. [ 1913 Webster ] Each nymph but moderately fair. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Moderateness | n. The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation. [ 1913 Webster ] | | moderating | adj. lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of intensifying. [ Narrower terms: tempering; weakening ] [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Moderation | n. [ L. moderatio: cf. F. modération. ] 1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The state or quality of being mmoderate. [ 1913 Webster ] In moderation placing all my glory,
While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with moderation. [ 1913 Webster ] The calm and judicious moderation of Orange. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Moderatism | n. Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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