adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a moving speech (= making people feel strong emotions )
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That was a very moving speech.
moving freely
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The injury prevented him from moving freely .
moving picture
moving staircase
moving van
relocation/moving expenses
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Successful candidates will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes relocation expenses if needed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
already
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By 1633 he was already moving in court circles.
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Ace was already moving in his direction.
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Rohmer was already moving to join them as Cardiff replaced the telephone receiver and pushed away from the reception desk.
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But the Vietcong were already moving amongst the peasants of the South, who were now supporters of Communism.
deeply
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The resulting letters were written with an extraordinary formality, but the content was deeply moving .
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Davis's way with the overture was beautifully supple, his gradual unfolding of the emotions of the work deeply moving .
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His efforts to get it right, to tell the truth, are both painful and deeply moving .
fast
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Not far away a turgid and fast moving river rushed southward in narrow gorges.
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But yes, it is still fun, thought provoking, stimulating, exciting and fast moving .
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I try to concentrate all my hard-hitting, fast moving units on one flank.
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To make it possible to deal with very fast moving , or potentially violent, events.
most
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Last April, nearly a year ago, I had a most moving spiritual experience.
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And so began what was, to me, a most moving ceremony.
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One of the most moving things of the whole voyage was when I saw Uskair loom out of the mist.
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And the terrible, interminable pressure of politics is one of the most moving thing about the opera.
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It was the most moving experience I ever had.
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Some saw the previous day as the most moving , others thought the silence after shut-down back at base to be terminal.
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One widow wrote to thank the organisers and said it was the most moving service she had ever attended.
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Yet by far the most moving part of the whole day was the reaction of the crowds which lined the streets.
now
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I was now moving south-west, dazzled by the low sun.
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So far as I could judge, events, were now moving in my favour.
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Blacks are now moving out of the lowest stratum in ever increasing numbers.
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Nevertheless, some of the more progressive suppliers are now moving down that road in some instances, albeit very gradually.
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Oyston was now moving across into the media, using the same formula of low overheads, tight management and aggressive advertising.
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The mixture of sounds and ideas comes from Fyfe's vehement defence of dance music, now moving from techno to Consolidated.
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The plane was now moving at not much above stalling speed.
slowly
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Across the floor a group of nomes swarmed past around the slowly moving bulk of the battery.
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Now people are slowly moving away from these towns.
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The man was at the far end of a line of slowly moving pack animals, and he had not noticed anything.
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Bodie glanced up, but all he could see were the same madly flickering lines, and slowly moving blips.
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Chris could only stare at the slowly moving ship.
still
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I didn't realize the carriage was still moving .
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Daak was still moving uphill, faster now, towards the source of the noises.
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Mummy's car was still moving , though it had reached Jane's cottage now.
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John Smith is still moving crabwise towards modernity.
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When the model is at some height and still moving forwards it will present no problems.
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If the car was still moving , police could work out a safe time and location to intercept it.
very
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You are facing up to yourself in a very moving and powerful way - hello?
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It was a very moving experience, barriers were broken between the mums and we could talk from our hearts.
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But those bands can write songs that are very moving in a different way.
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The style is emotive but the intellectual understanding informing it has an astringent clarity which is very moving .
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The vigil was very moving but some elements of it were a bit odd.
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To seek it happen is very moving .
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Like seeing Henry Rollins at Reading was very moving because it was real.
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During the Congress I witnessed something very moving .
■ NOUN
average
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For these data we need a 5-quarter centred moving average so that the smoothed values coincide with quarters.
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This differs from the moving average in that it does not use equal weightings for the past values chosen.
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The statistic would be called a five-quarter centred moving average .
house
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Albion are moving house in the close season: we just got there in time.
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Even dry children may wet the bed under stress, like a change of school, a divorce or moving house .
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Marian and Izz had seen Tess moving house with her family, and knew what a difficult position she was in.
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These are intended to cover removal expenses and some of the other fees and charges incurred when moving house .
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Over dinner they would talk about moving house .
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Reasons from holidays, family and work problems, moving house , and so on were given.
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An allied but unresearched question is that of the extent of parents moving house within an area towards a popular school.
image
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This moving image manifests itself in the motions of the heavenly bodies.
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The moving image has immediacy and can offer vivid detail.
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What video art, video sculpture, video installation, video performance return to the moving image is space.
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In library education, however, there are few areas where it is necessary to use moving images .
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The graphics look extremely good with 256 colours and such large moving images .
object
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The main features marking the presence of a poltergeist are moving objects , electrical high jinks, or mysterious noises.
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To test this possibility the data were split according to the mean ratings for the amount of moving objects in the film.
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To simulate reality the moving object must appear to have depth, but not be transparent.
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Figure 5.2 Toads recognize small moving objects as food.
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They can spot moving objects better than still ones.
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The toad does not recognize insects as such, but recognizes small, dark, moving objects .
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Ewert and his colleagues have also worked out where, in its nervous system, the toad recognizes small dark moving objects .
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The first result, that situations with many moving objects feel more risky, is what would be expected.
story
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John tells his moving story to members of the Darlington Lecture Association next week.
target
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Nobody hits a moving target and you can quote me.
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It can probably spot moving targets , and give their speed and direction.
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These are meals on heels, moving targets , room service.
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At its best, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings is a game of how to master a moving target .
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The rabbits are, of course, moving targets and in such circumstances the shotgun is effective whereas the rifle would fail.
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Only the top half of her body was visible, and she resembled a moving target on a shooting gallery.
water
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Silent contemplation of the sounds of moving water works well for many people.
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The early series deal with the sculptural property of moving water in studio set-ups.
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In other words, Abingdon Weir Slalom was blessed for the second year running with good weather and moving water .
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Together they searched the towering walls of moving water .
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The compact form presents a minimal surface area to the moving water and the large foot maximises adhesion to the rock surface.
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While all these contrivances give us the pleasure of moving water , we must spare a thought for the plants beneath.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
get moving
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We'd better get moving if we don't want to miss the start of the movie.
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Alan promises to get moving , but Jody hears nothing for several days.
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And you'd better get moving if you're going to meet the deadline.
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Anurag Singh took a little longer to get moving .
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He would have to get moving before reinforcements arrived.
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Mr Fineman says that Darden has the financial muscle to hurt its competitors -- if the company ever gets moving .
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The kids were still there urging Forrest to get moving .
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This seemed like a good idea until we got moving .
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You're here to work, so get moving .
it's time I was moving/we ought to get moving etc
time is moving on
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a moving stage
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After the final game there was a moving tribute to one of the players, who died tragically during the season.
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All the moving parts of the engine must be kept well-oiled.
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Soprano Teresa Stratas gave a moving performance.
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The authorities believe the body was thrown from a moving vehicle.
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The book is a very moving account of life in the refugee camps of Thailand.
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The occasion was deeply moving .
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The scene at the end of Act III is very moving , when Rafaella finds out that her husband has betrayed her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each printer is built as the completed boards then join other components via assembly stations on the ever moving conveyer belt.
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His left foot was trapped beneath the moving snake.
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It is then the truck drivers push them out of the moving cab.
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Nobody hits a moving target and you can quote me.
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They can spot moving objects better than still ones.