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 →

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 →
• The old man drank his tea with moderation. tree →
• Moderation is wiser than greed. tree →
• Play games, but do so in moderation. tree →

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.