moderate /modˈə-rāt/

1. To keep within measure or bounds
2. To regulate
3. To reduce in intensity
4. To make temperate or reasonable
5. To pacify
6. To preside as moderator over or at
7. To slow down (neutrons) in a nuclear reactor
8. To decide as an arbitrator (obsolete)

1. To become less violent or intense
2. To preside or act as a moderator

1. Kept within measure or bounds
2. Not excessive or extreme
3. Temperate
4. Of middle rate, average

1. A person who holds moderate views esp on political issues
2. A member of a faction in the Scottish Church in the 18c and early 19c, broad in matters of doctrine and discipline, opposed to Evangelicalism and popular rights

modˈerately adverb

modˈerateness noun

moderāˈtion noun

1. An act of moderating
2. The state of being moderated or moderate
3. Freedom from excess
4. Self-restraint
5. The process of slowing down neutrons in a nuclear reactor
6. (in pl) the first public examination for BA at Oxford (informal Mods or mods)

modˈeratism noun

Moderate opinions in religion or politics

modˈerātor noun

1. A person who, or that which, moderates
2. A president, esp in Nonconformist church assemblies and courts
3. Formerly, an officer at Oxford and Cambridge who superintended degree examinations
4. Either of two examiners presiding over the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge
5. A moderations examiner at Oxford
6. A person appointed to standardize the marking, etc of school public examinations
7. A person who monitors the content of an Internet bulletin board or chat room (often shortened to mod)
8. An oil-lamp with regulated flow of oil
9. Material such as water, heavy water or graphite used to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor

modˈerātorship noun

modˈerātrix noun (obsolete)

A female moderator

moderate breeze noun (meteorology)

A wind of force 4 on the Beaufort scale, reaching speeds of 13 to 18mph

moderate gale noun

A near gale (see under near)

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