Word.ws English Dictionary

moving away

moving away is the present participle and gerund of move away.

Meaning of move away

Verb

move away (third-person singular simple present moves away, present participle moving away, simple past and past participle moved away)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, away.
  2. (intransitive) To go away from a place, especially when permanently changing one's residence.
    • I lost contact with my friend after she had moved away.

Questions about moving away

What is moving away the present participle and gerund of?
Moving away is the present participle and gerund of move away.

Words near moving away in the dictionary

  1. moving along
  2. moving an inch
  3. moving around
  4. moving average
  5. moving averages
  6. moving away
  7. moving back
  8. moving box
  9. moving boxes
  10. moving chicane
  11. moving chicanes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: moving away (page history and authors); move away (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “moving away.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/moving_away. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.