Mover
noun
Someone who changes or causes something to change position or place.
The furniture movers arrived in the morning to start packing.
Often appears as...
- furniture mover
- heavy machinery mover
noun
A company that helps people move their belongings from one place to another.
We hired a mover to help us with the relocation to our new house.
Often appears as...
- professional movers
- local movers
noun
A person or thing that initiates or promotes progress or change.
She was a real mover and shaker in the world of business.
Often appears as...
- real mover and shaker
- political mover
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
noun
A vehicle or machine that moves heavy objects.
The warehouse has several heavy-duty movers.
Often appears as...
- heavy-duty mover
- earth mover
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Someone who changes or causes something to change position or place.
The furniture movers arrived in the morning to start packing.
Often appears as...
- furniture mover
- heavy machinery mover
noun
A company that helps people move their belongings from one place to another.
We hired a mover to help us with the relocation to our new house.
Often appears as...
- professional movers
- local movers
noun
A person or thing that initiates or promotes progress or change.
She was a real mover and shaker in the world of business.
Often appears as...
- real mover and shaker
- political mover
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
noun
A vehicle or machine that moves heavy objects.
The warehouse has several heavy-duty movers.
Often appears as...
- heavy-duty mover
- earth mover
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Movement
Used to describe individuals involved in moving objects from one place to another.
Hire some movers to lift your couch.
Pro Tip 2/3Action Driven
Focuses on the action performed rather than the occupation itself.
Ask the mover to handle the boxes carefully.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Human
Sometimes used to describe animals or robots that move items.
The robotic mover streamlined our warehouse operations.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Movement
Used to describe individuals involved in moving objects from one place to another.
Hire some movers to lift your couch.
Pro Tip 2/3Action Driven
Focuses on the action performed rather than the occupation itself.
Ask the mover to handle the boxes carefully.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Human
Sometimes used to describe animals or robots that move items.
The robotic mover streamlined our warehouse operations.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Movement
Used to describe individuals involved in moving objects from one place to another.
Hire some movers to lift your couch.
Pro Tip 2/3Action Driven
Focuses on the action performed rather than the occupation itself.
Ask the mover to handle the boxes carefully.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Human
Sometimes used to describe animals or robots that move items.
The robotic mover streamlined our warehouse operations.
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Beyond the edge of the...
can get this picture you don't have all those land-based super infrastructure this is all going to be done by a ship but you have this big hole in the ground it's open open cut mining basically in the southwest Pacific Nautilus Minerals ISM mining company first mover company they are a canadian company working out
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A day in the life of a...
This makes her the manager – and the mover – of a city of thousands. Twice a year, Boraqchin moves the city between two seasonal camping grounds. This ensures constant water and lush grass in summer, and protection from harsh winds in winter. The whole operation requires weeks of strict planning,
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Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
well it's time to move and you can see the big one there's the magic one has changed the direction I was walking the other way and the magic was I said this is the direction you're going we are all going south mover great wat hallelujah and as the elephants are living cept you
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Andreas Schleicher: Use...
in terms of the proportion of people who had completed high school. You can see the United States ahead of everyone else, and much of the economic success of the United States draws on its long-standing advantage as the first mover in education.
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Steven Johnson: How...
And you need both fronts to effect change on that scale. And there's another prime mover that we don't talk about enough, which seems a little bit unlikely in the context of disruptive innovation, and that is large bureaucratic institutions.
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Michael Merzenich:...
that's occurred in your brain is you. Billions of events have occurred in your history that are related in time to yourself as the receiver, or yourself as the actor, yourself as the thinker, yourself as the mover.
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Where is cybercrime...
We change the economics for the bad guys. But to do this, a first mover was required -- someone to change the thinking in the security industry overall. About a year ago, my colleagues and I had a radical idea.
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UT Finalist PIPE National...
playing Mozart's Piano Concerto number 23 and a major mover one and it was to say music to my ears I think music has helped me perform better in competitions because I get used to being up on stage
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Passing Gas PIPE National...
real slow mover coming in a distant third forest go second third you beat you both be a trail of burning gasoline now I'm gonna mean it hang on a minute hang on you know why that happened no
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Exotic Castaways Of...
this slow mover is a silky anteater his giant claw and a gripping prehensile tail help keep his balance as he walks the mangrove tightropes of the swamp
Video examples
Beyond the edge of the...
can get this picture you don't have all those land-based super infrastructure this is all going to be done by a ship but you have this big hole in the ground it's open open cut mining basically in the southwest Pacific Nautilus Minerals ISM mining company first mover company they are a canadian company working out
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
This makes her the manager – and the mover – of a city of thousands. Twice a year, Boraqchin moves the city between two seasonal camping grounds. This ensures constant water and lush grass in summer, and protection from harsh winds in winter. The whole operation requires weeks of strict planning,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
well it's time to move and you can see the big one there's the magic one has changed the direction I was walking the other way and the magic was I said this is the direction you're going we are all going south mover great wat hallelujah and as the elephants are living cept you
Video examples
Andreas Schleicher: Use...
in terms of the proportion of people who had completed high school. You can see the United States ahead of everyone else, and much of the economic success of the United States draws on its long-standing advantage as the first mover in education.
Video examples
Steven Johnson: How...
And you need both fronts to effect change on that scale. And there's another prime mover that we don't talk about enough, which seems a little bit unlikely in the context of disruptive innovation, and that is large bureaucratic institutions.
Video examples
Michael Merzenich:...
that's occurred in your brain is you. Billions of events have occurred in your history that are related in time to yourself as the receiver, or yourself as the actor, yourself as the thinker, yourself as the mover.
Video examples
Where is cybercrime...
We change the economics for the bad guys. But to do this, a first mover was required -- someone to change the thinking in the security industry overall. About a year ago, my colleagues and I had a radical idea.
Video examples
UT Finalist PIPE National...
playing Mozart's Piano Concerto number 23 and a major mover one and it was to say music to my ears I think music has helped me perform better in competitions because I get used to being up on stage
Video examples
Passing Gas PIPE National...
real slow mover coming in a distant third forest go second third you beat you both be a trail of burning gasoline now I'm gonna mean it hang on a minute hang on you know why that happened no
Video examples
Exotic Castaways Of...
this slow mover is a silky anteater his giant claw and a gripping prehensile tail help keep his balance as he walks the mangrove tightropes of the swamp
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John Tyler Bonner
American Educator
Changes in size are not a consequence of changes in shape, but the reverse: changes in size often require changes in shape. To put it another way, size is a supreme regulator of all matters biological. No living entity can evolve or develop without taking size into consideration. Much more than that, size is a prime mover in evolution.
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Aslaug Magnusdottir
Icelander Businesswoman
We were the first multibrand platform for the customization of designer clothing. And it's great to be a first mover if you manage to pull it off. You can have a great competitive advantage. But if you're quite early, you're learning a lot: both learning as a company, and the customer is still learning.
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Paul Haggis
Canadian Director
I moved to Hollywood when I was 22. I was married. I had a kid right away. And I had worked as a furniture mover amongst various other jobs, and I'd work eight, ten hours a day to support my family - and I'd come home and write for two hours a night or two and a half, or three hours a night.
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Reid Hoffman
American Businessman
Blitzscaling is what you do when you need to grow really, really quickly. It's the science and art of rapidly building out a company to serve a large and usually global market, with the goal of becoming the first mover at scale. This is high-impact entrepreneurship.
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Simon Schama
British Historian
In the Einstein way, I can't believe in a universe that doesn't have some sort of prime mover, identical with all of created nature. I have a whole lot of a harder time with supposing the fine print of the Torah was a direct revelation.
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Robert Downey, Jr.
American Actor
I grew up with a lot of people whose whole prime mover was dad rage. I never really had it - it always seemed so empty. It always seemed to be masking something else, which was really their own lack of initiative.
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Kevin Morby
American Musician
I had a lot of jobs in New York. I worked in a cafe, and I did bike delivery, and I was a mover. And I babysat, which was really cool in some cases and really insane in others.
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Bruno Tonioli
Italian Dancer
When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.
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Michael McDonald
Honestly, I've never thought of myself as a mover and shaker of songwriting.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
At Harvard, people like to impart the idea that you are a mover and shaker.
Quote examples
John Tyler Bonner
American Educator
Changes in size are not a consequence of changes in shape, but the reverse: changes in size often require changes in shape. To put it another way, size is a supreme regulator of all matters biological. No living entity can evolve or develop without taking size into consideration. Much more than that, size is a prime mover in evolution.
Quote examples
Aslaug Magnusdottir
Icelander Businesswoman
We were the first multibrand platform for the customization of designer clothing. And it's great to be a first mover if you manage to pull it off. You can have a great competitive advantage. But if you're quite early, you're learning a lot: both learning as a company, and the customer is still learning.
Quote examples
Paul Haggis
Canadian Director
I moved to Hollywood when I was 22. I was married. I had a kid right away. And I had worked as a furniture mover amongst various other jobs, and I'd work eight, ten hours a day to support my family - and I'd come home and write for two hours a night or two and a half, or three hours a night.
Quote examples
Reid Hoffman
American Businessman
Blitzscaling is what you do when you need to grow really, really quickly. It's the science and art of rapidly building out a company to serve a large and usually global market, with the goal of becoming the first mover at scale. This is high-impact entrepreneurship.
Quote examples
Simon Schama
British Historian
In the Einstein way, I can't believe in a universe that doesn't have some sort of prime mover, identical with all of created nature. I have a whole lot of a harder time with supposing the fine print of the Torah was a direct revelation.
Quote examples
Robert Downey, Jr.
American Actor
I grew up with a lot of people whose whole prime mover was dad rage. I never really had it - it always seemed so empty. It always seemed to be masking something else, which was really their own lack of initiative.
Quote examples
Kevin Morby
American Musician
I had a lot of jobs in New York. I worked in a cafe, and I did bike delivery, and I was a mover. And I babysat, which was really cool in some cases and really insane in others.
Quote examples
Bruno Tonioli
Italian Dancer
When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.
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Michael McDonald
Honestly, I've never thought of myself as a mover and shaker of songwriting.
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Alexandra Petri
American Journalist
At Harvard, people like to impart the idea that you are a mover and shaker.
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