MOVE AWAY

  

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MOVE AWAY

Synonyms within Context: MOVE AWAY

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: MOVE AWAY

English words defined with "MOVE AWAY": Avauntbreak, break away, break outcentrifugaldepart, disperse, dissipate, draw backexpatriatego, go awaymove backpull away, pull backrecede, retire, retreatscatter, spread outTo sheer offwithdraw. (references)
Specialty definitions using "MOVE AWAY": free eddyMontreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. (references)

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Modern Usage: MOVE AWAY

DomainUsage

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.

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Use in Literature: MOVE AWAY

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: MOVE AWAY

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Speeches: MOVE AWAY

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981We 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

1989-1993In 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.

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Modern Translation: MOVE AWAY

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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

afastem-se. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

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)

   

Russian 

  

отойти (go away), отодвигаться (move aside). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

odseliti se, izmicati (shoot ahead). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Swedish

  

gå undan, avflytta. (various references)

   

Thai

  

เปลี่ยนความคิ", ผละจากไป, ย้ายไปอยู่ที่อื่น. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Turkmen 

  

uzaklaюmak (become distant, move away from). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

відсуватися (move aside, shunt), від'їжджати (go off, ride away). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

nesu draw. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: MOVE AWAY

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

emigrare, emotum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: MOVE AWAY

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Quotations: Speeches
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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