Moderate | Mean of moderate in English Dictionary

/ˈmɑːdərət/

• average in size or amount
1. Her doctor recommended moderate exercise.
2. There were moderate levels of chemicals in the lake.
3. drinking moderate amounts of coffee
4. Most of these medicines relieve mild to moderate pain.
5. a family of moderate income
6. a book of moderate length
7. a moderate distance
• neither very good nor very bad
1. The group met with only moderate success.
2. a writer of moderate talent
• not expensive
1. The hotel offers comfortable rooms at moderate prices.

• having or expressing political beliefs that are neither very liberal nor very conservative
1. Both moderate Democrats and moderate Republicans can agree on this new law.
2. She holds a moderate position on the subject of taxes.
3. The group is in need of more moderate voices. [=the group needs more members who do not express extreme ideas]
• avoiding behavior that goes beyond what is normal, healthy, or acceptable
1. a moderate eater [=a person who does not eat too much]
2. a moderate diet
3. He believes that moderate drinking is healthy.
4. a person of moderate habits
• not showing strong emotions or excitement
1. She expressed herself in moderate [=calm, reasonable] language.
• Noun
• a person whose political ideas are not extreme
1. Moderates from both political parties have agreed on an economic plan.
• Verb
• to make (something) less harsh, strong, or severe or to become less harsh, strong, or severe
1. The protesters have been unwilling to moderate their demands.
2. The wind moderated [=lessened] after the storm.
• to guide a discussion or direct a meeting that involves a group of people
1. She moderates at our office meetings.
2. She moderates our discussions so that we don't argue or talk at the same time.
3. moderate a debate