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 →

2) A moderator is a person who checks posts in an online forum or game chat and removes unkind or unsafe ones. tree →

3) A moderator checks that marks for exams are fair. tree →

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 →
• Report the rude message to a moderator. tree →
• The game chat has moderators to keep it friendly. tree →
• Our teacher was the moderator of the class debate. tree →
• The moderator deleted the unsafe post. tree →
• An exam moderator checked the marks. tree →

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.
• Moderators and game staff never need your password; someone who asks is pretending.
• Picture a TV debate as a game of tennis with words: two players, a referee called the moderator, and a clock.
• People disagree whether moderators should cut microphones when time is up, check facts live, or let the back and forth run.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «moderator» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.