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mover


mov·er

M0454600 (mo͞o′vər)n.1. a. One that moves: The old dog is a slow mover.b. One that sets something in motion or initiates something: a leading mover in the effort to reform education.2. a. often movers A firm that transports household or office goods from one location to another.b. A person who works for such a firm.

mover

(ˈmuːvə) n1. informal a person, business, idea, etc, that is advancing or progressing2. a person who moves a proposal, as in a debate3. (Commerce) US and Canadian a removal firm or a person who works for one

mov•er

(ˈmu vər)

n. 1. one that moves. 2. Often, movers. a person or company that moves household effects, office equipment, etc. 3. movers and shakers, powerful and influential people, as in politics and business. [1350–1400]
Thesaurus
Noun1.mover - workman employed by a moving companymover - workman employed by a moving company; "the movers were very careful with the grand piano"remover - someone who works for a company that moves furnitureworking man, working person, workingman, workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
2.mover - (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motionproposerparliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order, order - a body of rules followed by an assemblynominator - someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or electionconceiver, mastermind, originator - someone who creates new things
3.mover - someone who movestraveler, traveller - a person who changes locationadvancer - someone who advancesascender - someone who ascendscoaster - someone who coastsdescender - someone who descendshitter, striker - someone who hits; "a hard hitter"; "a fine striker of the ball"; "blacksmiths are good hitters"lunger - someone who moves forward suddenly (as in fencing)puller - someone who applies force so as to cause motion toward herself or himselfshover, pusher - someone who pushesscrambler - a rapid mover; someone who scrambles; "their quarterback was a good scrambler"; "scramblers can often unnerve a better tennis player"transferer, transferrer - someone who transfers somethingtraverser - someone who moves or passes across; "the traversers slowly ascended the mountain"
4.mover - a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to anothermoving company, public mover, removal company, removal firmcompany - an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"
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mover


prime mover

The person or thing that generates the initial energy or momentum for something to happen. The newly elected congresswoman has been the prime mover in the recent environmental reforms. While there was a confluence of events leading to his removal from office, it was the revelation of his tax evasion that was the prime mover.See also: mover, prime

a mover and a shaker

A person who is able to get things done with their power, influence, or money. She thinks her father can get me into law school. Apparently he's quite a mover and a shaker. The conference is going to be full of movers and shakers of the industry, so I want to make a good impression.See also: and, mover, shaker

movers and shakers

people who get things done; organizers and managers. The movers and shakers in this firm haven't exactly been working overtime. Who are the movers and shakers around here?See also: and, mover, shaker

prime mover

Fig. the force that sets something going; someone or something that starts something off. The assistant manager was the prime mover in getting the manager sacked. Discontent with his job was the prime mover in John's deciding to retire early.See also: mover, prime

mover and shaker

A person who wields power and influence in a particular activity or field, as in He's one of the movers and shakers in the art world. At first the two nouns referred specifically to God, alluding to the belief that a divine force was responsible for all events. The current usage refers only to human beings. [Second half of 1800s] See also: and, mover, shaker

prime mover

The initial source of energy directed toward a goal, someone or something that sets others in motion. For example, Jean was the prime mover in getting us more laboratory space, or Patriotism was the prime mover of the revolution. [Late 1600s] See also: mover, prime

the movers and shakers

JOURNALISMCOMMON If you talk about the movers and shakers, you mean the people with power and influence in a particular area who make things happen and cause new developments. They were given introductions to the movers and shakers in the industry. Cochran was only 21, but in four short years had established himself as one of the movers and shakers of '50s rock'n'roll. Note: This comes from the poem `Ode' by Arthur O'Shaugnessy (1874): `We are the music-makers And we are the dreamers of dreams... We are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems.' See also: and, mover, shaker

a mover and shaker

someone at the centre of events who makes things happen; a powerful person. Movers and shakers is first recorded in Arthur O'Shaughnessy's 1874 poem ‘Ode’. 1998 Times Ten years from now his name will again be high on the list of movers and shakers to watch in the decade. See also: and, mover, shaker

ˌmovers and ˈshakers

people with power in important organizations: He is one of the principle movers and shakers in the political arena.See also: and, mover, shaker

a prime ˈmover

a person or a thing that starts something and has an important influence on its development: The prime mover in setting up the group was ex-lawyer James Stanley.Economic factors are the prime mover of change.See also: mover, prime

movers and shakers

n. people who get things done; organizers and managers. The movers and shakers in this firm haven’t exactly been working overtime. See also: and, mover, shaker

movers and shakers

Individuals with the power and/or influence to effect change. At first each of these nouns alluded specifically to God, but in the nineteenth century they began to be paired and applied to human beings. The OED quotes A. O’Shaughnessy’s Music and Moonlight (1874): “Yet we are the movers and shakers of the world forever, it seems.”See also: and, mover, shaker
EncyclopediaSeeprime mover

mover


mov·er

(mūv'ĕr) A person or thing that moves or causes to move.

MOVER


AcronymDefinition
MOVERMoving Target Feature Extraction and Range

mover


Related to mover: people mover
  • noun

Synonyms for mover

noun workman employed by a moving company

Related Words

  • remover
  • working man
  • working person
  • workingman
  • workman

noun (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion

Synonyms

  • proposer

Related Words

  • parliamentary law
  • parliamentary procedure
  • rules of order
  • order
  • nominator
  • conceiver
  • mastermind
  • originator

noun someone who moves

Related Words

  • traveler
  • traveller
  • advancer
  • ascender
  • coaster
  • descender
  • hitter
  • striker
  • lunger
  • puller
  • shover
  • pusher
  • scrambler
  • transferer
  • transferrer
  • traverser

noun a company that moves the possessions of a family or business from one site to another

Synonyms

  • moving company
  • public mover
  • removal company
  • removal firm

Related Words

  • company
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