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moderate

English

  1. 🔊 not extreme
    “a moderate penalty”
  2. 🔊 being within reasonable or average limits
    “moderate prices”
  3. 🔊 marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
    “moderate in his demands”
  4. 🔊 a person who takes a position in the political center
  5. 🔊 make less fast or intense
    “moderate your speed”
  6. 🔊 preside over
    “John moderated the discussion”
  7. 🔊 make less strong or intense
    “Tone down that aggressive letter”
  8. 🔊 make less severe or harsh
    “He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears”
  9. 🔊 make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
    “she tempered her criticism”
  10. 🔊 lessen the intensity of
    “moderate your alcohol intake”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 comedido moderate
  2. 🔊 moderado moderate
  3. 🔊 sobrio moderate
  4. 🔊 módico moderate, modest
  5. 🔊 atentado moderate, prudent
  6. 🔊 ceñido moderate, measured
  7. 🔊 comedir to moderate, restrain
  8. 🔊 moderar to moderate, to temper (to reduce the excessiveness of)

Similar words

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