move

VERBNOUN /muv/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH M

move is a valid 4-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3O1V4E1
3 + 1 + 4 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING

What does move mean?

VERB · 16 SENSES
1

Give an incentive for action.

“This moved me to sacrifice my career”

2

Follow a procedure or take a course.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
3

Progress by being changed.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
4

Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting.

RELATED
5

Arouse sympathy or compassion in.

“Her fate moved us all”

6

Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment.

“We moved from Idaho to Nebraska”

“The basketball player moved from one team to another”

ANTONYMS
7

Dispose of by selling.

“The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers”

BROADER
8

Go or proceed from one point to another.

“the debate moved from family values to the economy”

9

Live one's life in a specified environment.

“she moves in certain circles only”

BROADER
10

Be in a state of action.

SYNONYMS
NARROWER
11

Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.

“He moved his hand slightly to the right”

ANTONYMS
12

Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.

“The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell”

13

Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.

“The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant”

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14

Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).

“We must move quickly”

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15

Have a turn; make one's move in a game.

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16

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.

NOUN · 5 SENSES
1

A change of position that does not entail a change of location.

“movement is a sign of life”

“an impatient move of his hand”

BROADER
2

(game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game.

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NARROWER
3

The act of deciding to do something.

“he didn't make a move to help”

“his first move was to hire a lawyer”

4

The act of changing location from one place to another.

“the movement of people from the farms to the cities”

“his move put him directly in my path”

BROADER
5

The act of changing your residence or place of business.

“they say that three moves equal one fire”

SYNONYMS
BROADER