It’s been a while since my last post in this blog. The reason for that is that I moved. That is, I changed the house that me and my family lives. We now live in Brisbane, closer to my workplace so no more three hours commuting every day. This is a big upgrade for my quality of life just from this move.
But then when I started thinking of the word move in English I remembered my last project back in Greece – Mmove and the mobility management toolbox.
So I found it interesting that it is actually the same word that has all those different meanings. Wiktionery has listed the following:
move (third-person singular simple present moves, present participle moving, simple past and past participle moved)
- To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another
A ship moves rapidly.
I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, I was too lazy to move.
- To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
Come on guys, let's move, there's work to do!
- To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in
I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life.
They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time.
- (chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
The rook moved from a8 to a6.
My opponent's counter was moving much quicker round the board than mine.
- To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir
The waves moved the boat up and down.
The horse moves a carriage.
- To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board.
- To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
This song moves me to dance.
- To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite, as an emotion.
That book really moved me.
- To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
I move to repel the rule regarding school obligatory school uniform.
- (obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
- (obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
- (obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
Greek language is a lot different. So in most cases by the word move you will mean the word Μετακινώ but for moving from a house to another you would say Μετακομίζω or Μετοικίζω. But since I am traffic and transport (or should I say move) engineer I leave it for the linguists to move it further.
