moderate
Not excessive; acting in moderation.
Adjective 4 meanings
Not excessive; acting in moderation.
“moderate language”
More than mild but less than severe.
Mediocre.
Average or middling, for example in price.
Noun 1 meaning
One who holds an intermediate position between extremes, as in politics.
“While the moderates usually propose political compromise, it's often only achieved when the extremists allow them so”
Verb 4 meanings
To reduce the excessiveness of (something).
“to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.”
To become less excessive.
“He used to be an extremist but moderated later in life.”
To preside over (something) as a moderator.
“to moderate a synod”
To act as a moderator; to assist in bringing to compromise.
“We need more users to volunteer to moderate the comment section of our forum.”
Etymology
From Middle English moderat(e) (“moderate, temperate”), borrowed from Latin moderātus, perfect active participle of moderor (“to regulate, to restrain, to moderate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from moder-, modes-, a stem appearing also in modestus (“moderate, discreet, modest”), from modus (“a measure”); see mode and modest.
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MODERATE at a glance
MODERATE has 8 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (M 3 + O 1 + D 2 + E 1 + R 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,457 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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