Word.ws English Dictionary

only moves

only moves is the plural of only move.

Meaning of only move

Noun

only move (plural only moves)

  1. The only move to maintain the current evaluation of the position.
    • Andersson must accept the piece sacrifice and after doing so find a whole series of only moves.2015, Jurgen Kaufeld, Guido Kern, Grandmaster Chess Strategy, page 141
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see only, move.

Questions about only moves

What is only moves the plural of?
Only moves is the plural of only move.

Words near only moves in the dictionary

  1. only games in town
  2. only if
  3. only in Ohio
  4. only just
  5. only move
  6. only moves
  7. only Nixon can go to China
  8. only Nixon could go to China
  9. only son
  10. only sons
  11. only the good die young

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: only moves (page history and authors); only move (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: “only moves.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/only_moves. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.