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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mod•er•a•tor /ˈmɑdəˌreɪtɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person or thing that moderates.
- Show Businessa person in charge of a group event or meeting:As the moderator he decides who speaks and for how long.
See -mod-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mod•er•a•tor (mod′ə rā′tər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that moderates.
- Show Businessa person who presides over a panel discussion on radio or television.
- a presiding officer, as at a public forum, a legislative body, or an ecclesiastical body in the Presbyterian Church.
- Physicsa substance, as graphite or heavy water, used to slow neutrons to speeds at which they are more efficient in causing fission.
- Latin moderātor, equivalent. to moderā(rī) to control (see moderate) + -tor -tor
- 1350–1400; Middle English
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