MOVE

[noun] [C]What do you think our next move should be (= What do you think we should do next)?Buying those shares when we did was a good/smart/clever move (= act intended to achieve something).This move (= step in a plan of action) towards improving childcare facilities has been widely welcomed.When the teacher asked who wanted to try the experiment first, none of the students made a move (= took any action).The council is making a move (= taking action) to ban traffic in some parts of the city. [+ to infinitive]Neither side seems prepared to make the first move towards (= be the first to take action in) reaching a peace agreement.