Moves

Part of speech: verb, noun

Pronunciation: /muːvz/

Definitions

1. The process of shifting from one place to another entails both physical relocations and changes in emotional or mental status, including strategic maneuvers aimed at achieving objectives
2. The act of altering one's position involves both tangible movements and variations in feelings, along with tactical approaches to effectively reach desired outcomes
3. The act of changing location or posture through bodily motion ; deliberate actions undertaken to accomplish a goal or purpose ; shifts or alterations in emotional or mental condition

Etymology: The verb "move" arrived in English in the Middle Ages by way of French, and it displaced a native word that most readers have never heard of. Old English had "styrian", which meant to stir, shake or set in motion, and it survived into Middle English as "stiren" and "sturien". Over the following centuries "move" gradually took over most of its work, so that today the old word is remembered mainly in phrases about stirring a pot or stirring a crowd. The borrowed verb descends from Latin "movēre", meaning to move, change or go in or out, and that Latin word traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to move or drive. Its path into English ran through Old Northern French "mover" and Old French "mouver", the same lineage that gave modern French "mouvoir". The Latin root also has a surprising relative in Middle Dutch "mouwe", meaning sleeve, a link that is easy to miss because the sense of motion has been lost in that branch.

Synonyms: shifts, transfers, changes, relocations, motions

Antonyms: stays, remains, halts, stagnates, pauses