MOVING IN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of occupying or taking possession of a building

Example:

occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal

Synonyms:

moving in; occupancy; occupation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("moving in" is a kind of...):

acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moving in"):

preoccupancy; preoccupation (the act of taking occupancy before someone else does)

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Context examples:

Using retinas isolated from mice, the scientist studied neurons called directionally selective retinal ganglion cells (DSGCs), which are known to fire and send signals to the brain in response to objects moving in specific directions across the eye.

(Eye cells may use math to detect motion, NIH)

Something was moving in the shadow of the tool-house.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“We are moving in exalted circles,” said he.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Also, this month, with eight out of the ten heavenly bodies moving in earth signs, you will need to show your practical and objective side.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Using a micropressure sensor, they found that the pressure inside lobopodial cells moving in a 3-D matrix was substantially higher than that in cells moving with lamellipodia.

(New Mechanism of Cell Movement Revealed, NIH)

We are moving in high life, Watson, crackling paper, ‘E.B.’ monogram, coat-of-arms, picturesque address.