Definition of moderator in English:

moderator

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noun

1An arbitrator or mediator.
‘Egypt managed to assert its role as a regional moderator’
- ‘We applaud the efforts of model developers to look at mediators and moderators of effectiveness, and believe that this will be an extremely productive avenue of research.’
- ‘Potential mediators and moderators of the relation between childhood peer rejection and negative outcomes have not been thoroughly tested.’
- ‘Thus, it appears that ethnic identity more likely operates as a moderator or as a mediator or as a co-factor in protection from drug abuse.’
- ‘Few studies of maltreated children have sought to examine perceptions of control-related beliefs as mediators or moderators of internalizing and externalizing problems.’
- ‘Using this single value as a dependent variable, one can then examine what other factors - potential mediators or moderators - affect the magnitude of the difference.’
- ‘We examined family conflict and parental depression symptoms as mediators and moderators in the associations between parental problem drinking and children's adjustment.’
- ‘The moderator for the negotiations jotted a few notes on the screen of her PDA with a stylus.’
- ‘Future research should clarify its role as predictor, moderator, or mediator of predictor-leadership relations.’
- ‘Gentlemen, I was in the middle of it as the moderator, but I need you all who were observers to tell me what it all meant.’
- ‘It takes quite a few weeks for the moderator to cease looking on government members as friends and colleagues.’
- ‘Repeatedly, the country was framed as a failure by the moderators.’
- ‘‘Our instructors were trained by moderators from China and Malaysia,’ she says.’
- ‘We have now established a large team of moderators.’
- ‘But the moderators are amongst the most respected in the news industry.’
- ‘But on the other hand, I have to give both moderators some credit for not being too much in the story.’
arbitrator, arbiter, negotiator, conciliator, go-between, middleman, intermediary, moderator, intervenor, interceder, intercessor, reconciler, broker, honest broker, liaison officer, peacemaker, umpire, referee, adjudicator, judge
1. 1.1A presiding officer, especially a chairman of a debate.
  ‘the debates will each feature one moderator and a panel of three questioners’
  ‘Or had the retired general simply not considered the possibility that debate moderators would ask him questions?’
  ‘Aggressive moderators don't get picked as debate moderators, Lou.’
  ‘And my answer there is that my function as a debate moderator has always been to just to facilitate the exchange between the candidates, to get them to talk about it.’
  ‘In the Republican debate, the moderator asked the candidates a viewer's question about which political philosopher or thinker the candidate identified with.’
  ‘But for any decision to be taken, the government must stand up for what it is and not play the role of a moderator in college debate.’
  ‘Average people asked better questions than the moderator of the first debate.’
  ‘I thought that was strange since he was going to be the moderator of the debate.’
  ‘He jumped from his stool, chopped at the air and interrupted the debate moderator.’
  ‘In this debate, the moderator is going to be even more important than the past debates.’
  ‘They insisted on a single moderator, a stiff debate format and live coverage only by two small stations.’
  ‘It can be intimidating, but the moderator must keep the debate on track and fair.’
  ‘Currently, he is scheduled to be a moderator at the third presidential debate in Arizona.’
  ‘The traditional format of the two leaders plus a single moderator is gone, and a panel of five is instead in place to ask the questions.’
  ‘If you agree to take part, the moderator for your panel will email you and the other participants to nail down the details of the panel.’
  ‘The debate will finish with the moderator asking a general question to both Leaders in order to sum up.’
  ‘And now let's talk to the moderator of this evening's recall debate.’
  ‘The moderator of the English language debates got a lot of bad press for letting things get out of control.’
  ‘Two disciplinary hearings, chaired by an outside moderator, were held yesterday and the others are due to be completed soon.’
  ‘The principal moderator arranged the focus groups and led the discussion.’
  ‘We held an April contest there, and since I'm a moderator I figured I best churn out a submission.’
  chief, head, principal, boss
2. 1.2A Presbyterian minister presiding over an ecclesiastical body.
  ‘the newly elected Moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church’
  ‘He has been the moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church since he founded it in 1951, a longer run in power than most popes.’
  ‘Last month the former moderator of the Presbyterian Church, went so far as to call for an end to the withdrawal by Protestants from mixed towns and areas.’
  ‘The organization constituted itself in January and elected as moderator the head of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.’
  ‘The Church of Scotland would be prepared to appoint an openly gay minister, according to the church's new moderator.’
  ‘He had more than one year long term as moderator of his Presbytery.’
  ‘The moderator challenged the audience: ‘What are you - bishops, priests, laity - afraid of about dialogue?’’
  ‘The first act of the Assembly was the appointment of a moderator.’
  ‘The moderator has previously said he would not be opposed to openly gay ministers.’
  ‘Harare's Presbyterian moderator last week called on the government to ‘stop abrogating its duty in regard to the anarchy and lawlessness which is destroying the country’.’
  ‘A former Presbyterian moderator, he is noted for his hardline views and refuses to attend ecumenical services that include Catholic priests.’
  ‘Rev Bwalya was the first moderator for the Copperbelt presbytery.’
  ‘The moderator made a speech at first mild, recognising what Europeans had done in Africa.’
  ‘A vocal critic of the government, he was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and moderator of its Transvaal senate when he was banned in 1977.’
  ‘The former moderator of the Church of Scotland has now given up the parish he tended for 13 years to take on a new challenge.’
  ‘A representative from each presbytery, along with the three most recent moderators and three elders appointed by the Assembly, each have a vote.’
  ‘In recent years moderators have spent the rest of their year in office visiting missionaries and liaising with presbyteries.’
2A person who moderates an internet forum or online discussion.
‘I'm not interested in reading only what your moderators approve.’
- ‘The many list members cannot see which posts have not been approved by the few moderators.’
- ‘We failed; the moderators filtered out our fake files.’
- ‘The list manager, unlike a moderator, does not pre-approve each e-mail sent to the list.’
- ‘Nevertheless, giving members this option has transformed the status of the moderators from being the exclusive decision makers to "trusted filters."’
- ‘Controversial blogs are shut down, and chatroom moderators kick out participants who post comments likely to antagonise the Communist party.’
- ‘This limits the impact of any individual moderator.’
- ‘This fifth day we have a story from Val, who is a vivid RPG player and a moderator on our forum.’
- ‘Maintaining health forums such as these is an often costly enterprise with professional moderators reading the posts and responding to inquiries.’
- ‘Whilst I can see why forum/chat moderators prefer users to register, it is beyond me why you would hide the majority of a promotional site behind registration.’
- ‘Moderators have very limited control over the system.’
- ‘Case studies and observations indicate that although online communities will evolve according to the needs of members they also require a host, co-ordinator or moderator.’
- ‘If the rule is violated and postings in Russian language are written using the Latin alphabet, the site moderator deletes the postings.’
- ‘After seeing the first junk post, Tribe members quickly alerted moderators, who deleted the spammer's account in just half an hour.’
- ‘Each comment can be assigned points by several different moderators, and the final grade is an average of all the moderators' judgments.’
- ‘To lower the burden on the moderators, a user who frequently injects correct content is promoted to the rank of unmoderated submitter, and is allowed to directly add content.’
- ‘Because this list is also archived on the Web, members can view for themselves the difference between what was sent to the list and what was approved by the moderators.’
3Physics
A substance used in a nuclear reactor to retard neutrons.
‘in a fast reactor there is no moderator to slow the reaction down’
- ‘Heavy water is a suitable and convenient moderator of neutrons in nuclear reactors.’
- ‘The moderator provides neutrons, which are captured by the uranium atoms.’
- ‘The most common moderators are substances of low atomic weight such as heavy water (deuterium oxide) or graphite.’
- ‘Light-water reactors use ordinary water for both coolant and for neutron moderator.’
- ‘Ultimatum is used in nuclear reactors as a reflector or moderator for it has a low thermal neutron absorption cross section.’