"moderation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmɑdəˈɹeɪʃən/ [General-American], /ˌmɒdəˈɹeɪʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moderation.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-moderation.wav [US] Forms: moderations [plural]
enPR: mŏd'ə-rāʹ-shən Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French [Term?], from Old French moderacion, from Latin moderātiō. Morphologically moderate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm}} Middle French [Term?], {{der|en|fro|moderacion}} Old French moderacion, {{der|en|la|moderātiō}} Latin moderātiō, {{suffix|en|moderate|ion|nocat=1}} moderate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} moderation (countable and uncountable, plural moderations)
  1. The state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes): μετριότης (metriótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), умереност (umerenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), сдържаност (sdǎržanost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), moderació [feminine] (Catalan), umírněnost [feminine] (Czech), maltillisuus (Finnish), modération [feminine] (French), moderación [feminine] (Galician), mesura [feminine] (Galician), Maßhalten [neuter] (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌴𐌹 (anawiljei) [feminine] (Gothic), μέτρο (métro) [neuter] (Greek), kelunakan (Indonesian), moderasi (Indonesian), moderazione [feminine] (Italian), 절제 (jeolje) (Korean), modestia [feminine] (Latin), temperantia [feminine] (Latin), penyederhanaan (Malay), moderasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), moderasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), metegung [feminine] (Old English), hóf [neuter] (Old Norse), umiar [masculine] (Polish), wstrzemięźliwość [feminine] (Polish), moderação (Portuguese), régula [feminine] (Romagnol), moderație (Romanian), cumpătare (Romanian), moderación [feminine] (Spanish), måtta [common-gender] (Swedish), återhållsamhet [common-gender] (Swedish), hejd [common-gender] (Swedish), måttfullhet [common-gender] (Swedish), itidal (Turkish), поміркованість (pomirkovanistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-moderation-en-noun-74kdS5WG Disambiguation of 'state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes': 91 3 1 4
  2. An instance of moderating: bringing something away from extremes, especially in a beneficial way Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes): kohtuus (Finnish), modération [feminine] (French), moderación [feminine] (Galician), Mäßigung [feminine] (German), moderazione [feminine] (Italian), 완화 (wanhwa) (Korean), metegung (Old English), moderare [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-moderation-en-noun-ylBh~cdu Disambiguation of 'instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes': 14 60 14 12
  3. The process of moderating a discussion Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation): Diskussionsleitung [feminine] (German), פיקוח (pikooah') (Hebrew), moderasi (Indonesian), moderazione [feminine] (Italian), 사회 (sahoe) (Korean), moderacja [feminine] (Polish), prezidare [feminine] (Romanian), regulare [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-moderation-en-noun-KTgofrx2 Disambiguation of 'moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation': 11 13 61 15
  4. Usage of neutron moderator to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-moderation-en-noun-lsZKRvst Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 20 18 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: e-moderation, in moderation, post-moderation, pre-moderation Related terms: moderate, moderateness, moderating

Inflected forms

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        "Usage of neutron moderator to slow down neutrons in a nuclear reactor."
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}
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "umerenost",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moderació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "umírněnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "word": "maltillisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modération"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moderación"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mesura"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Maßhalten"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
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      "roman": "anawiljei",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌴𐌹"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "métro",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "metriótēs",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μετριότης"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "word": "kelunakan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "word": "moderasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moderazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeolje",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "word": "절제"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modestia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "temperantia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "word": "penyederhanaan"
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      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "moderasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "moderasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metegung"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
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      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hóf"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "umiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wstrzemięźliwość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "word": "moderação"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "régula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "word": "moderație"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "word": "cumpătare"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moderación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "måtta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "återhållsamhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hejd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "måttfullhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "word": "itidal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pomirkovanistʹ",
      "sense": "state or quality of being moderate; avoidance of extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поміркованість"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes",
      "word": "kohtuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modération"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moderación"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mäßigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moderazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wanhwa",
      "sense": "instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes",
      "word": "완화"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes",
      "word": "metegung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "instance of moderating; to bring away from extremes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moderare"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Diskussionsleitung"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pikooah'",
      "sense": "moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation",
      "word": "פיקוח"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation",
      "word": "moderasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moderazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sahoe",
      "sense": "moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation",
      "word": "사회"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moderacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prezidare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "moderating a discussion: supervision; mediation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "regulare"
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  ],
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    "moderation"
  ],
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}

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