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move

 
 
/muːv/ verb

Translation

CHANGE PLACE [I] If a person or an organization moves, they go to a different place to live or work.
taşınmak
Eventually, he moved to Germany. She's moving into a new apartment. Our children have all moved away.2411
POSITION [I, T] to change place or position, or to make something change place or position
yer değiş(tir)mek, hareket et(tir)mek
We moved the chairs to another room. I can't cut your hair if you keep moving. Someone was moving around upstairs.15921637782
move ahead/along/forward, etc to make progress with something that you have planned to do
ilerlemek, belirli bir yöne doğru ilerlemek/hareket etmek
The department is moving ahead with changes to its teaching programme.1838
ACTION [I] to take action
eyleme geçmek, harekete geçmek
[+ to do sth] The company moved swiftly to find new products.1828
TIME [T] to change the time or order of something
zamanın veya bir şeyin düzenini değiştirmek
We need to move the meeting back a few days.782
FEELING [T] to make someone have strong feelings of sadness or sympathy
duygulandırmak, müteessir etmek, dokunmak
[often passive] I was deeply moved by his speech. Many people were moved to tears (= were so sad they cried). → Compare unmoved9852126
move house UK to leave your home in order to live in a new one
evden taşınmak; başka bir eve taşınmak
2411
get moving informal to hurry
acele etmek; telaşlanmak
We're leaving in five minutes, so get moving!1595
move in phrasal verb
to begin living in a new home
yeni bir yere taşınmak
We're moving in next week. She's just moved in with her boyfriend. They want to move in together before they get married.7712411
move out phrasal verb
to stop living in a particular home
ayrılmak, çıkmak, başka yere taşınmak
He moved out when he was only eighteen.15952411
move on phrasal verb
NEW PLACE to leave the place where you are staying and go somewhere else
terketmek, ayrılmak, başka bir yere gitmek
After three days in Madrid we thought we'd move on.1595
NEW ACTIVITY to start doing a new activity
...a/e geçmek; ...a/e devam etmek
I'd done the same job for ten years and felt it was time to move on.7821552
NEW SUBJECT to change from one subject to another when you are talking or writing
(yazıda, konuşmada) konuyu değiştirmek; bir konudan diğerine geçmek
Let's move on to the next topic.1188
move over phrasal verb
to change the place where you are sitting or standing so that there is space for someone else to sit or stand
yer açmak; yer vermek; kaymak; ilerlemek
1604
(Definition of move verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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