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# moving

«moving» in Mova's school dictionary: **the -ing form of move: going or carrying something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (-ing form of move); adjective (moving)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Moving is the -ing form of move: going or carrying something somewhere now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#m1)

2) A moving car is a car that is going, not still. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#m2)

3) Moving also means going to live in a new home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#m3)

4) A moving story or song makes you feel strong feelings, often sad or kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

an action in progress: moving boxes, a moving train or belt; motion with a speed; in safety, keep away from moving cars and machines; phrases «moving day», «moving truck», «moving walkway», «keep moving»

### examples

- They are moving 20 boxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#x1)
- A moving train goes 80 km each hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#x2)
- She is moving 4 plants outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#x3)
- The moving truck carries 15 boxes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#x4)
- Never get off a moving bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#x5)
- The end of the film was very moving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#x6)
- We are moving house next month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#x7)
- The earth is always moving around the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#x8)
- Two figures were moving in the chamber. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moving/#x9)

### note

Like move: subtract from one place, add to another. With speed and time, distance = speed × time. Trap: «moving day» or «moving truck» are just names, not an operation. Spelling: drop the e, move → moving.

### In the corpora

- [Moving is one of the most stressful things grown-ups do, so they can be tired and snappy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/6/)
- [Moving means packing everything, doing paperwork and saying goodbye all at once, so it is very stressful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/17/)
- [Immigration means people moving to live in another country; countries have rules about it, and people disagree about those rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/18/)
- [Some tasks are moving to AI, new jobs appear too, and experts disagree on how much will change.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/21-news-deepfakes-history/3/)
- [A rest is a written silence with a length you count, so the music keeps moving in your head while you stay quiet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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