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moved

v.
A1 Beginner US //ˈmuvd// UK //mˈuːvd// moved Archaic

v. to change your position or go to a different place. You also use this when you change the house where you live.

v. to change position or posture; to relocate one's residence or place of business. Intransitive when describing general motion or relocation; transitive when an object is being displaced.


SIMPLE

We moved the table to the corner of the room.

CONTEXTUAL

After living in the city for ten years, they finally moved to a quiet house in the countryside.

COMPLEX

The board of directors moved the annual conference to a virtual platform to accommodate international participants who were unable to travel due to the recent policy changes.

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The verb is transitive when an object is being displaced and intransitive when referring to personal relocation or general motion.

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