Move

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /muːv/

Definitions

1. To change position or location, or to cause something to change position or location
2. To change one's physical place or to cause a change in the position of another object or person
3. To alter one's place or cause another to alter its place or change the position of something within a given space

Etymology: English "move" displaced a native verb. For centuries the everyday word for shifting something from one place to another was "stir", which descended from Old English "styrian" and still survives in phrases like stirring a pot. Over time "move" pushed it aside for most physical senses, leaving "stir" mainly for stirring liquids and for emotions. "Move" itself arrived in Middle English from Old French and Old Northern French forms of "mover", which came straight from Latin "movēre". The Latin verb meant to move, but also to change, exchange, or go in or out, a range of senses that English inherited only in part. The same Latin root gave English "motion", "motor", and "mobile". The Latin word traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to move or drive, which also gave Sanskrit "mīvati" (pushes or presses) and Lithuanian "mauti" (to push on or rush).

Synonyms: shift, transfer, displace, navigate, reposition

Antonyms: stay, remain, halt, stop, settle