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Moved Moderate

Moved has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of move

"She moved her car to the front row so she could see better during the concert."

In plain English: To be moved means to feel strong emotions like sadness or happiness when you see or hear something touching.

"The family moved to a new house last summer."

Usage: Use "moved" to describe the action of changing location or position that happened in the past, such as when furniture was shifted or someone relocated houses. It also functions as a past participle in perfect tenses, like saying you have moved to a new city.

Adjective
1

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

"too moved to speak"

"very touched by the stranger's kindness"

2

Emotionally affected; touched.

"The charity worker was moved to tears when she heard the orphan's story of survival."

In plain English: Moved describes someone who feels deep emotion, usually sadness or happiness, because something touched their heart.

"The house looked very moved by the changes over the years."

Usage: Use moved as an adjective only when describing someone who has been emotionally touched or deeply affected by something. Do not use it to describe physical relocation, as that requires the verb form in the passive voice (e.g., "was moved").

Example Sentences
"The house looked very moved by the changes over the years." adj
"The family moved to a new house last summer." verb
"She moved her chair closer to the window to read the newspaper." verb
"The family decided to move to a new city next month." verb
"I feel deeply moved by the kindness of strangers during this difficult time." verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
unaffected

Origin

Moved is the past tense and past participle of move, derived from Old French mouvoir and Latin movēre, originally meaning to set in motion or cause to change position. The term retains this core sense of physical displacement while also extending metaphorically to emotional states like being touched or influenced.

Rhyming Words
ved caved saved raved paved naved fived javed loved jived rived lived waved coved dived gived braved gloved slaved drived
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