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moving

adjective

Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
M
Ends with
G
Contains
OV
Scrabble score
12
CEFR level
B2

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈmuːvɪŋ

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Definitions

adjective

  1. Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion

    “{'source': 'N. Hawthorne', 'text': 'she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter'}”

adjective

  1. In motion

    “A constantly moving crowd”

adjective

  1. Used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion

    “Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or ‘the movies’”

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Example Sentences

{'source': 'N. Hawthorne', 'text': 'she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter'}
A constantly moving crowd
The moving parts of the machine
Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or ‘the movies’

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