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Moderate
ˈmɒd(ə)rət
- average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree
"we walked at a moderate pace"
average modest medium middling ordinary common commonplace everyday workaday reasonable within reason acceptable non-excessive within due limits restrained controlled temperate sober steady regular not given to excesses- (of a person, party, or policy) not radical or excessively right- or left-wing
"a moderate reform programme"
- a person who holds moderate views, especially in politics
"an unlikely alliance of radicals and moderates"
- make less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent
"I shall not moderate my criticism"
curb control check keep in check keep under control hold in temper regulate restrain restrict subdue- become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent
"temperatures will moderate by Friday"
- monitor (an online forum or social media platform) to ensure that its users and content abide by the rules, especially by deleting inappropriate or offensive content and banning or suspending users
"moderating content for harmful images is a difficult task for technology companies"
- preside over (a deliberative body) or at (a debate)
"the senior director moderated the panel after delivering his opening address"
- (especially in the Presbyterian Church in Scotland) act as a moderator; preside
"it is the Presbytery that moderates"
- review (examination papers, results, or candidates) in relation to an agreed standard so as to ensure consistency of marking
"the dependability of an examining system rests on those who set, moderate, and mark the papers"
- retard (neutrons) with a moderator
"the neutrons causing fission are not moderated but react at high energies"