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# moderator

«moderator» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who runs a discussion or debate and makes sure…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a moderator, moderators)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A moderator is a person who runs a discussion or debate and makes sure people follow the rules and take turns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderator/#m1)

2) A moderator is a person who checks posts in an online forum or game chat and removes unkind or unsafe ones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderator/#m2)

3) A moderator checks that marks for exams are fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderator/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In online safety, moderators remove harmful messages and you can report problems to them. In school debates, the moderator asks questions and keeps time. In science, a moderator in a nuclear reactor slows down particles.

### examples

- The moderator asked each speaker to keep to two minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderator/#x1)
- Report the rude message to a moderator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderator/#x2)
- The game chat has moderators to keep it friendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderator/#x3)
- Our teacher was the moderator of the class debate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderator/#x4)
- The moderator deleted the unsafe post. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderator/#x5)
- An exam moderator checked the marks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderator/#x6)

### note

Countable. Verb: moderate. Related adjective "moderate" means not too much and not too little.

### In the corpora

- [Real game staff and moderators never ask for your password.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/411-account-swaps-and-passwords/21/)
- [Moderators and game staff never need your password; someone who asks is pretending.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/444-free-skins-and-scams-in-games/29/)
- [Picture a TV debate as a game of tennis with words: two players, a referee called the moderator, and a clock.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/0/)
- [People disagree whether moderators should cut microphones when time is up, check facts live, or let the back and forth run.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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