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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Recession | Verb: recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; depart; retreat; move off, stand off, sheer off; fall back, stand aside; run away; (avoid). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MOVE AWAY |
| English words defined with "MOVE AWAY": Avaunt ♦ break, break away, break out ♦ centrifugal ♦ depart, disperse, dissipate, draw back ♦ expatriate ♦ go, go away ♦ move back ♦ pull away, pull back ♦ recede, retire, retreat ♦ scatter, spread out ♦ To sheer off ♦ withdraw. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "MOVE AWAY": free eddy ♦ Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | George maybe we should move away. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Let's move away then. (Trust; writing credit: Hal Hartley) That's right you could move away to Guam, Borneo, Harrisberg Pennsylvania, god knows where, the truth is you'll be making a beeline right back to Stuckeyville. (Ed; writing credit: Steven Joel Kerzner) | |
Lyrics | But everytime you come too close I move away (Sometimes; performing artist: Britney spears) So you move away fast but you know it wont last (Love will turn; performing artist: Kenny Rogers) I will move away from here. (You Know You're Right; performing artist: Nirvana) Yeah, buddie, move away from there (Money For Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Marius saw the cab move away with a bewildered air. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Pa and Ma and the children watched Uncle John move away. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Co-generation involves a move away from coal electricity generation to dual steam-electricity gas turbine technology. (references) | |
While many pharmaceutical companies previously concentrated on specialists and hospital doctors, the trend now is to move away from that sector and to focus on GPs (General Practice) doctors. (references) | ||
Water meters are in demand in Argentina as it has begun to move away from charging for water and sewer services on the basis of the actual size of a client's property measured in square meters and towards metered service. (references) | ||
Economic History | Guatemala | Efrain Rios Montt, and the center-right National Advancement Party (PAN)--the new Congress began to move away from the corruption that characterized its predecessors. (references) |
Venezuela | These privatization initiatives reflect the GOV's move away from asset sales as a model for privatization and the adoption of strategic alliances with a majority stake sold off to the private sector. (references) | |
South Africa | In recent years, Seychelles has begun to move away from the old economic policies it followed for two decades after independence from Great Britain in 1976, but onerous regulations and controls remain. (references) | |
Minorities | Niger | The problem continued through September 1999, when the missionaries decided to move away. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | We here in Washington must move away from crisis management, and we must establish clear goals for the future, immediate and the distant future, which will let us work together and not in conflict. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | In our recent discussions with the Soviet leadership we have been given representations, which, if fulfilled, would result in the withdrawal of some Soviet forces, a re-opening of dialogue with the republics, and a move away from violence. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "MOVE AWAY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | larghem, ik (begone, blast off, clear off, depart, escape, exit, fly away, get along, get away, get out, give the guy to, go, go away, go off, go out, hence, leave, make away, make off, make one's bow, make oneself scarce, pass, pass off, push off, retire, run away, run off, shoot through, take away, take off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отдръпвам се (back away, dodge, ease off, ebb, flow back, move up, pull over, quail, recoil, retire, shrink away, shrink back, stand aside, stand off, step aside). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 走出 (to move away from, to walk away from). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | odstìhovat se (move from), odklidit (remove), odejít (come away, come off, depart, go away, go off, go out, leave, make one's exit, make tracks for, move off, quit, retire, stir, to leave, vacate, walk away, walk off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | korngraensevandringen hos de rekrystalliserede korn gaar i samme retning som deres konveksitet(de har tendens til at vokse vaek fra deres krumningscentrum) (the displacement of the boundaries of recrystallized grains takes place in the direction of their convexity ( tendency of boundaries to move away from their centre of curvature )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | de korrelgrensverschuiving van de gerekristalliseerde korrels geschiedt in de richting van hun bolling(neiging van de korrelgrens om zich van het middelpunt van hun kromming te verwijderen) (the displacement of the boundaries of recrystallized grains takes place in the direction of their convexity ( tendency of boundaries to move away from their centre of curvature )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | partir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | abrücken (draw apart, move out, to move away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | η μετατόπιση των διαχωριστικών επιφανειών κόκκων που έχουν ανακρυσταλλωθεί γίνεται κατά την διεύθυνση της κυριότητας τους(τάση των διαχω (the displacement of the boundaries of recrystallized grains takes place in the direction of their convexity ( tendency of boundaries to move away from their centre of curvature )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | félretesz (allocate, cast aside, discard, lay aside, lay by, pigeon-hole, put aside, put off, set apart, set aside, set by, to appropriate, to lay aside, to lay by, to lay sg by, to lay up, to pigeonhole, to put down, to put off, to put sg by, to put sg to one side, to reserve, to separate, to set by, to set sg by, to shelve, to throw off), elvonul (to be closeted, to defile, to file out, to march by, to march off, to march past, to pull out, to rank past, to roll away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sgomberare (clear, remove). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovemay awayay sair (back off, depart, draw out, exit, flit, get off, get out, go out, issue, leave, move out, pull out, take off, to come out, to get out, to go out, tumble), arredar, afastar-se de (eschew, give a cold shoulder to, keep out, quit, shun, turn a cold shoulder to), afastar (alienate, avert, call away, depart, deviate, dispel, displace, distract, diverge, divert, do away with, eliminate, estrange, fend, get rid of, hold off, keep away, keep off, lay off, make away, obviate, relegate, remove, repel, retire, rid, separate, wean, withdraw). (various references) afastem-se. (various references) se deplasa (adjourn, be on the move, displace, remove, travel), se îndepãrta (break, get clear, pull out, stand away, stand off), pleca cu traiul în altã parte (flit), deplasa (dislocate, dislodge, displace, draw, go, misplace, remove, shift, travel, work), da la o parte (bear away, bear off, clear, disseize, open, throw by, wedge off), înlãtura (avert, brush aside, cast away, clear, discard, dismiss, disseize, do away, do away with, eliminate, forbear, make a clean sweep of smth., obviate, overbear, preclude, remove, save, seclude, supersede, supplant, take away, throw by), îndepãrta (avert, carry off, cast, chase away, clean, clear, cut out, discard, dismiss, drive away, eliminate, estrange, fence off, lay, remove, retire, ward off, withdraw). (various references) отойти (go away), отодвигаться (move aside). (various references) odseliti se, izmicati (shoot ahead). (various references) separar (break off, break up, come between, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, divide, get away, hive off, keep away, open, pull apart, segregate, separate, sever, take away), apartar (abduce, alienate, allure, avert, deviate, distract, divert, divide, draw aside, draw away, draw off, fob, head off, hold off, keep apart, look away, lure away, move aside, move over, push away, refract, separate, set aside, shut off, stave off, take away, throw aside, to deviate, turn aside, turn away), alejarse (bear off, draw away, estrange, flounce away, move off, pass over, recede, walk away, walk off), alejar (alienate, avert, banish, drive off, keep away, keep off, put off, remove, take away). (various references) gå undan, avflytta. (various references) เปลี่ยนความคิ", ผละจากไป, ย้ายไปอยู่ที่อื่น. (various references) uzaklaşmak (become distant, draw away, grow away from, recede, retire, walk away, walk off, wander, wander away, wander off), kaldırmak (abolish, arouse, blank out, blue pencil, boost, Brook, cancel, carry, clear, clear away, deration, do away with, elevate, erect, get up, give smb. a lift, heave, heft, hoist, hold, hold up, Jack, jack up, lift, lift up, perk, perk up, pick off, pick up, poise, pull up, put aside, put away, put by, put up, quash, raise, reap, rear, receive, remove, scoop up, setaside, take off, take up, turn up, upheave, uphold, upraise). (various references) uzaklaюmak (become distant, move away from). (various references) відсуватися (move aside, shunt), від'їжджати (go off, ride away). (various references) nesu draw. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | emigrare, emotum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-m-o-v-w-y" | |
-3 letters: wavey. | |
-4 letters: avow, away, maya, mayo, meow, move, wame, wave, wavy, wove, yowe. | |
-5 letters: ama, ava, ave, avo, awa, awe, aye, mae, maw, may, mew, moa, mow, ova, owe, vaw, voe, vow, wae, way, woe, wye, yam, yaw, yea, yew, yom, yow. | |
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