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# moderation

«moderation» in Mova's school dictionary: **doing or having something in a sensible amount, not too much** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Moderation means doing or having something in a sensible amount, not too much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a rule of good living in stories: eat and drink in moderation and you stay well

### examples

- Eat sweets in moderation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderation/#x1)
- The old man drank his tea with moderation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderation/#x2)
- Moderation is wiser than greed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderation/#x3)
- Play games, but do so in moderation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderation/#x4)

### note

Moderation keeps amounts small; it does not change any count in a problem.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «moderation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.