moderate
Definition of moderate:
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part of speech: verb
To keep within measure or bounds: to regulate: to reduce in intensity: to make temperate or reasonable: to pacify: to decide as a moderator.
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part of speech: adverb
Moderately.
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part of speech: adjective
Kept within measure or bounds: not excessive or extreme: temperate: of middle rate.
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part of speech: verb
To become less violent or intense: to preside as a moderator.
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part of speech: verb
To restrain from excess of any kind; to regulate; to reduce or lessen in violence or intensity; to allay; to pacify; to become less violent or intense.
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part of speech: adjective
Temperate; observing reasonable bounds, as in the indulgence of the appetites, in expressing opinions, & c.; not excessive, as in price or value; not extreme, as in opinions.
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part of speech: noun
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Common misspellings:
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- modrate (9.4%)
- modertae (11.3%)
- moderite (7.5%)
- moderare (3.8%)
- moderte (7.5%)
- moder (1.9%)
- modearte (5.7%)
- mdoerate (7.5%)
- moderater (1.9%)
- moderat (9.4%)
- modernage (1.9%)
- monderate (3.8%)
- modeate (7.5%)
- moderet (11.3%)
- modereate (5.7%)
- modierate (3.8%)
Usage examples for moderate:
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Certainly they are moderate in cost.
"The Thing from the Lake" – Eleanor M. Ingram -
Sufficient for a moderate sized dish.
"The Book of Household Management" – Mrs. Isabella Beeton -
Put on a raised crust, and bake it in a moderate oven.
"The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches," – Mary Eaton -
He was constantly hoping that an attack would be made upon the island, and " if attacked with judgment it appeared to me that a moderate force would carry it."
"The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders" – Ernest Scott
