moderation
/ˌmɒdəˈeɪʃən/mah-dur-AY-shuhn
/ˌmɑdɚˈeɪʃən/mah-dur-AY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of moderating
Common meaning: avoiding extremes
Other meanings: keeping within limits
- moda measure; a way of doingLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1156 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
Journey through time
- Latinmodus‘a measure’
- Englishmoderate‘within reasonable limits’
- Englishformed in English from moderatemoderation‘avoiding extremes’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from moderate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MODERATE, p.374 · scan
Roots
- modus Latin “a measure; a way of doing”
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