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move [moov] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
move [moov]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: progress, deed
Synonyms: act, action, alteration, change, maneuver, measure, modification, motion, movement, ploy, procedure, proceeding, shift, step, stir, stirring, stratagem, stroke, turn, variation
Antonyms: idleness, inaction, inactivity, regression, stagnation
Main Entry: move
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: motivate, influence
Synonyms: activate, actuate, advocate, affect, agitate, bring, bring up, budge, carry, cause, convert, draw up, drive, excite, get going, give rise to, impel, impress, incite, induce, inspire, inspirit, instigate, introduce, lead, operate, persuade, play on, prevail upon, prompt, propel, propose, push, put forward, quicken, recommend, rouse, shift, shove, start, stimulate, stir, strike, submit, suggest, sway, touch, tug at, turn, urge, work on
Antonyms: discourage, dishearten, dissuade
Main Entry: act
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something done
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, action, deed, doing, execution, exploit, feat, move, operation, performance, step, thing, undertaking
Notes: an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act
Antonyms: cessation, idleness, inactivity, inertia, quiet, quiet, repose, rest, stoppage, suspension
Example Sentences
  • Although hard times may change migrants' destinations, they do not sap the will to move in search of a better life.
  • People should help species threatened by climate change move to new habitats, researchers argue in a new paper.
  • Primates can now move and sense the textures of objects using only their thoughts.
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Main Entry: act
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: do something
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out
Antonyms: abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop
Main Entry: action
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: individual deed
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, act, blow, commission, dealings, doing, effort, enterprise, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, handiwork, maneuver, manipulation, move, operation, performance, procedure, step, stroke, thrust, transaction, undertaking
Main Entry: activate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: initiate something; start a function
Synonyms: actify, actuate, arouse, call up, energize, impel, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, rouse, set in motion, start, stimulate, stir, switch on, take out of mothballs, trigger, turn on
Antonyms: arrest, stop
Main Entry: actuate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start a function or action, motivate
Synonyms: activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on, energize, excite, fire up, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, key up, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, put up to, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on, work into lather, work up
Antonyms: impede, stop
Main Entry: advance(s)
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: desirous pursuit of someone
Synonyms: approach, move, overture, proposal, proposition, suggestion
Antonyms: disinterest, ignorance
Main Entry: advise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: offer recommendation
Synonyms: admonish, advocate, caution, charge, commend, counsel, direct, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, give a pointer, give a tip, guide, instruct, kibitz, level with, move, opine, point out, preach, prepare, prescribe, prompt, put bug in ear, put in two cents, recommend, steer, suggest, tout, update, urge, warn
Antonyms: betray, deceive, delude, fool, lie, pretend, trick
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