moving

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːvɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːvɪŋ
• Hyphenation: mov‧ing

Adjective

moving (comparative more moving, superlative most moving)

1. (not comparable) That moves or move.

   Synonyms: dynamic, mobile; see also Thesaurus:in motion

   Antonym: (moving object) stationary

   moving pictures

2. Causing or evoking deep emotions.

   Synonyms: affecting, touching; see also Thesaurus:moving

   • 1813, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Remorse:

     't was a moving letter, very moving!

Derived terms

• moving pavement
• moving sofa problem

Translations

that moves or move

• Arabic: مُتَحَرِّك (mutaḥarrik)
• Bulgarian: движещ се (dvižešt se)
• Dutch: bewegend (nl), bewegende (nl)
• Esperanto: moviĝa
• Finnish: liikkuva (fi)
• Georgian: მოძრავი (moʒravi)
• German: bewegend (de)
• Hungarian: mozgó (hu)
• Irish: imeachtach
• Latvian: kustīgs
• Portuguese: movente
• Romanian: mișcător (ro)
• Russian: дви́жущийся (ru) (dvížuščijsja)
• Swedish: rörlig (sv)

that causes someone to feel emotion

• Arabic: مُؤَثِّر (muʔaṯṯir)
• Bulgarian: трогателен (bg) (trogatelen)
• Catalan: commovedor (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 感動 / 感动 (zh) (gǎndòng), 動人 / 动人 (zh) (dòngrén)

• Czech: dojemný (cs)
• Dutch: ontroerend (nl), ontroerende (nl)
• Finnish: liikuttava (fi), koskettava (fi)
• French: émouvant (fr), touchant (fr)
• Georgian: ამაღელვებელი (amaɣelvebeli)
• German: rührend (de)
• Hungarian: megható (hu), megindító (hu)
• Irish: coscrach
• Italian: commovente (it)
• Japanese: 感動的な (ja) (かんどうてきな, kandōteki-na)
• Latin: flexanimus
• Maori: whakaaroharoha
• Polish: poruszający, wzruszjący
• Portuguese: comovente (pt), emocional (pt)
• Romanian: emoționant (ro), mișcător (ro)
• Russian: тро́гательный (ru) (trógatelʹnyj), волну́ющий (ru) (volnújuščij)
• Spanish: conmovedor (es), enternecedor (es)
• Swedish: rörande (sv)
• Ukrainian: звору́шливий (zvorúšlyvyj)

Verb

moving

1. present participle and gerund of move

Noun

moving (countable and uncountable, plural movings)

1. (uncountable) The relocation of goods
2. (countable) A causing of a movement

   The rats' movings are willed movements.

Wikibooks

Derived terms

• earth moving