"moderator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒdəˌɹeɪtə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moderator.wav Forms: moderators [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin moderātor. First attested as Middle English moderatour. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*med-}}, {{lbor|en|la|moderātor}} Learned borrowing from Latin moderātor, {{inh|en|enm|moderatour}} Middle English moderatour Head templates: {{en-noun}} moderator (plural moderators)
  1. Someone who moderates.
    An arbitrator or mediator.
    Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-0OP3i2~2 Disambiguation of People: 15 9 9 8 9 6 4 15 12 14 0 0
  2. Someone who moderates.
    The chair or president of a meeting, etc.
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-SjRZ2duu
  3. Someone who moderates.
    (Internet) A person who enforces the rules of a discussion forum by deleting posts, banning users, etc.
    Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: mod Translations ((Internet) a person who enforces the rules of a forum): مُشْرِف (mušrif) [masculine] (Arabic), мадэра́тар (maderátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), мадэра́тарка (maderátarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), модера́тор (moderátor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), moderatoro (Esperanto), moderiganto (Esperanto), valvoja (Finnish), modérateur [masculine] (French), modératrice [feminine] (French), მოდერატორი (moderaṭori) (Georgian), Moderator [masculine] (German), Moderatorin [feminine] (German), moderatore [masculine] (Italian), moderatrice [feminine] (Italian), moderator [masculine] (Polish), moderatorka [feminine] (Polish), moderador [masculine] (Portuguese), moderadora [feminine] (Portuguese), модера́тор (modɛrátor) [masculine] (Russian), moderador [masculine] (Spanish), moderadora [feminine] (Spanish), модера́тор (moderátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), модера́торка (moderátorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-gDS30nzv Disambiguation of '(Internet) a person who enforces the rules of a forum': 6 6 40 6 16 4 4 3 7 5 1 1
  4. Someone who moderates.
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-Ip~OqhSk
  5. The person who presides over a synod of a Presbyterian Church. Translations (person who presides over the synod of the Presbyterian church): motoreta (Maori)
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-mylmLxDC Disambiguation of 'person who presides over the synod of the Presbyterian church': 7 7 15 7 37 3 3 4 9 6 1 0
  6. (nuclear physics) A substance (often water or graphite) used to decrease the speed of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increase likelihood of fission. Categories (topical): Nuclear physics, Materials, Neutron, Nuclear energy
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-abXG931D Disambiguation of Materials: 3 7 5 3 6 12 8 23 23 4 3 2 Disambiguation of Neutron: 2 4 4 2 6 40 11 2 15 5 6 5 Disambiguation of Nuclear energy: 2 4 7 2 4 35 9 2 18 5 5 6
  7. A device used to deaden some of the noise from a firearm, although not to the same extent as a suppressor or silencer.
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-ZXw2HiiO
  8. (UK) An examiner at Oxford and Cambridge universities. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Materials, People
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-sPRcMeLq Disambiguation of Materials: 3 7 5 3 6 12 8 23 23 4 3 2 Disambiguation of People: 15 9 9 8 9 6 4 15 12 14 0 0 Categories (other): British English
  9. (Ireland) At the University of Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Tags: Ireland Categories (topical): Light sources, Materials, People
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-PN--5AlY Disambiguation of Light sources: 7 7 7 7 8 7 2 7 39 5 5 1 Disambiguation of Materials: 3 7 5 3 6 12 8 23 23 4 3 2 Disambiguation of People: 15 9 9 8 9 6 4 15 12 14 0 0 Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Kalmyk translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 9 9 8 5 2 9 25 6 5 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 6 6 6 6 5 3 5 48 4 5 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 4 4 4 4 5 2 1 4 17 3 3 1 2 3 3 0 0 2 19 19 1 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 5 5 5 3 1 4 18 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 15 15 1 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 6 6 6 6 8 6 4 11 37 6 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 6 6 6 6 8 6 4 8 37 6 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 10 38 7 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 6 6 6 6 10 5 4 10 36 7 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 6 10 6 13 6 4 9 31 7 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 6 6 6 6 9 4 2 9 40 6 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 6 6 6 7 5 4 10 38 7 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 4 44 5 5 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 6 6 12 6 12 6 4 11 27 7 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 6 6 6 7 6 4 6 40 5 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 5 5 5 5 9 6 5 9 40 5 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 6 10 6 12 6 5 9 28 7 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 7 7 7 7 5 3 5 43 5 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Kalmyk translations: 6 6 6 6 9 5 4 10 36 7 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 6 6 6 6 9 5 4 10 36 7 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 6 6 6 7 8 5 10 33 7 4 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 6 10 6 13 5 3 9 29 7 3 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 6 6 6 7 4 3 5 46 4 4 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 6 6 6 8 5 3 6 42 4 5 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 6 6 6 6 8 5 4 10 36 7 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 6 6 6 9 5 4 10 36 7 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 6 6 6 6 9 5 3 9 39 6 4 2
  10. (UK) Someone who supervises and monitors the setting and marking of examinations by different people to ensure consistency of standards. Tags: UK Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-mNBVB-AN Disambiguation of People: 15 9 9 8 9 6 4 15 12 14 0 0 Categories (other): British English
  11. A mechanical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-DYFUlajR
  12. (historical) A kind of lamp in which the flow of the oil to the wick is regulated. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-moderator-en-noun-mrTwP9~t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: moderatour [obsolete] Derived forms: back-seat moderator, moderator band, modmin, super moderator, supreme moderator Translations (someone who moderates): мадэра́тар (maderátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), мадэра́тарка (maderátarka) [feminine] (Belarusian), арби́тър (arbítǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), модера́тор (moderátor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), moderador [masculine] (Catalan), moderátor [masculine] (Czech), moderátorka [feminine] (Czech), moderatoro (Esperanto), moderiganto (Esperanto), moderigisto (Esperanto), sovittelija (Finnish), modérateur [masculine] (French), modératrice [feminine] (French), Moderator [masculine] (German), Moderatorin [feminine] (German), moderátor (Hungarian), moderatore [masculine] (Italian), moderatrice [feminine] (Italian), аядгч (ayadgç) (Kalmyk), kaiwhakataurite (Maori), moderator [masculine] (Polish), moderador [masculine] (Portuguese), moderadora [feminine] (Portuguese), модера́тор (modɛrátor) [masculine] (Russian), moderador [masculine] (Spanish), moderadora [feminine] (Spanish), panamtam (Tagalog), модера́тор (moderátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian), модера́торка (moderátorka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), مُنْتَظِم (muntazim) [masculine] (Urdu)
Disambiguation of 'someone who moderates': 22 22 22 22 3 1 0 1 3 3 1 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:",
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          "text": "Instead of focusing on the stressors, as in most research on caregiving, it may be wise to focus on the likely moderators: coping, and social support between stressors and stress. It is often difficult to help an individual to solve his or her primary problem, whereas providing social support and improving coping ability is feasible.",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "moderátor"
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      "sense": "someone who moderates",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "moderiganto"
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      "word": "moderigisto"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who moderates",
      "word": "sovittelija"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "modérateur"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "modératrice"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "moderátor"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who moderates",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "moderatrice"
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      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
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      "sense": "someone who moderates",
      "word": "аядгч"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "someone who moderates",
      "word": "kaiwhakataurite"
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      "sense": "someone who moderates",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "moderator"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "moderador"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "someone who moderates",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "moderadora"
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      "roman": "modɛrátor",
      "sense": "someone who moderates",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "модера́тор"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "someone who moderates",
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      "sense": "someone who moderates",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "(Internet) a person who enforces the rules of a forum",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(Internet) a person who enforces the rules of a forum",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "modérateur"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(Internet) a person who enforces the rules of a forum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "modératrice"
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      "word": "Moderator"
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      "word": "Moderatorin"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "(Internet) a person who enforces the rules of a forum",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "moderatore"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "moderatrice"
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