Definition of moderator in English:

moderator

noun ˈmɒdəreɪtəˈmɑdəˌreɪdər

1An arbitrator or mediator.
Egypt managed to assert its role as a regional moderator
Example sentencesExamples
- Potential mediators and moderators of the relation between childhood peer rejection and negative outcomes have not been thoroughly tested.
- 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 have now established a large team of moderators.
- It takes quite a few weeks for the moderator to cease looking on government members as friends and colleagues.
- We examined family conflict and parental depression symptoms as mediators and moderators in the associations between parental problem drinking and children's adjustment.
- Future research should clarify its role as predictor, moderator, or mediator of predictor-leadership relations.
- But on the other hand, I have to give both moderators some credit for not being too much in the story.
- ‘Our instructors were trained by moderators from China and Malaysia,’ she says.
- The moderator for the negotiations jotted a few notes on the screen of her PDA with a stylus.
- Repeatedly, the country was framed as a failure by the moderators.
- Few studies of maltreated children have sought to examine perceptions of control-related beliefs as mediators or moderators of internalizing and externalizing problems.
- 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.
- But the moderators are amongst the most respected in the news industry.
- 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.
- 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.
Synonyms
arbitrator, arbiter, negotiator, conciliator, go-between, middleman, intermediary, intervenor, interceder, intercessor, reconciler, broker, honest broker, liaison officer, peacemaker, umpire, referee, adjudicator, judge
1. 1.1 A presiding officer, especially a chairman of a debate.
  the debates will each feature one moderator and a panel of three questioners
  Example sentencesExamples
  The moderator of the English language debates got a lot of bad press for letting things get out of control.
  The debate will finish with the moderator asking a general question to both Leaders in order to sum up.
  We held an April contest there, and since I'm a moderator I figured I best churn out a submission.
  Aggressive moderators don't get picked as debate moderators, Lou.
  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.
  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.
  Currently, he is scheduled to be a moderator at the third presidential debate in Arizona.
  In this debate, the moderator is going to be even more important than the past debates.
  And now let's talk to the moderator of this evening's recall debate.
  They insisted on a single moderator, a stiff debate format and live coverage only by two small stations.
  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.
  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.
  Two disciplinary hearings, chaired by an outside moderator, were held yesterday and the others are due to be completed soon.
  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.
  In the Republican debate, the moderator asked the candidates a viewer's question about which political philosopher or thinker the candidate identified with.
  It can be intimidating, but the moderator must keep the debate on track and fair.
  He jumped from his stool, chopped at the air and interrupted the debate moderator.
  The principal moderator arranged the focus groups and led the discussion.
  Or had the retired general simply not considered the possibility that debate moderators would ask him questions?
  Synonyms
  chief, head, principal, boss
2. 1.2 A Presbyterian minister presiding over an ecclesiastical body.
  the newly elected Moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church
  Example sentencesExamples
  He has been the moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church since he founded it in 1951, a longer run in power than most popes.
  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’.
  In recent years moderators have spent the rest of their year in office visiting missionaries and liaising with presbyteries.
  The Church of Scotland would be prepared to appoint an openly gay minister, according to the church's new moderator.
  The organization constituted itself in January and elected as moderator the head of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
  The moderator made a speech at first mild, recognising what Europeans had done in Africa.
  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 first act of the Assembly was the appointment of a moderator.
  He had more than one year long term as moderator of his Presbytery.
  A former Presbyterian moderator, he is noted for his hardline views and refuses to attend ecumenical services that include Catholic priests.
  A representative from each presbytery, along with the three most recent moderators and three elders appointed by the Assembly, each have a vote.
  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 moderator has previously said he would not be opposed to openly gay ministers.
  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.
  Rev Bwalya was the first moderator for the Copperbelt presbytery.
  The moderator challenged the audience: ‘What are you - bishops, priests, laity - afraid of about dialogue?’
2British A person who reviews examination papers to ensure consistency, or otherwise oversees an examination.
after marking by the tutor, the papers are returned to a moderator
Example sentencesExamples
- Data quality was ensured by having the moderator present his coding to a team including the principal investigator, a research assistant, and the principal investigator's graduate students.
- Their concurrence with conclusions drawn ensures the validity of the moderator's analysis.
- Testers were observed by moderators during the examination.
- The exam papers were marked by teachers and then sent to external moderators.
- Children at the state and national level sometimes didn't know what the moderator was asking because the moderator was saying it correctly.
- On top of this, contracted moderators check marked student work in every subject from every school, every year.
- The moderator, a famous senior scientist, was incredulous.
- Reducing external assessment could save the £60 million spent on moderators and examiners for GCSEs and GNVQ courses, he claims.
- ‘We ordered the paper in as it was too costly to hire an examiner and moderator for such a small exam,’ he said.
- In 1860-61 Cambridge appointed him moderator and examiner for the Mathematical Tripos.
Synonyms
adjudicator, arbiter, assessor, evaluator, appraiser, examiner
3A person who moderates an Internet forum or online discussion.
Example sentencesExamples
- Moderators have very limited control over the system.
- The list manager, unlike a moderator, does not pre-approve each e-mail sent to the list.
- Maintaining health forums such as these is an often costly enterprise with professional moderators reading the posts and responding to inquiries.
- Nevertheless, giving members this option has transformed the status of the moderators from being the exclusive decision makers to "trusted filters."
- 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.
- 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.
- This fifth day we have a story from Val, who is a vivid RPG player and a moderator on our forum.
- Each comment can be assigned points by several different moderators, and the final grade is an average of all the moderators' judgments.
- This limits the impact of any individual moderator.
- After seeing the first junk post, Tribe members quickly alerted moderators, who deleted the spammer's account in just half an hour.
- I'm not interested in reading only what your moderators approve.
- Controversial blogs are shut down, and chatroom moderators kick out participants who post comments likely to antagonise the Communist party.
- 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.
- 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.
- If the rule is violated and postings in Russian language are written using the Latin alphabet, the site moderator deletes the postings.
- 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.
4Physics
A substance used in a nuclear reactor to retard neutrons.
in a fast reactor there is no moderator to slow the reaction down
Example sentencesExamples
- 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.
- Ultimatum is used in nuclear reactors as a reflector or moderator for it has a low thermal neutron absorption cross section.
- Light-water reactors use ordinary water for both coolant and for neutron moderator.
- Heavy water is a suitable and convenient moderator of neutrons in nuclear reactors.

Derivatives

moderatorship

noun

If not, then the communities are not similar enough for that argument to apply for moderatorship.
Example sentencesExamples
- After completing year three successfully, you may be permitted to take a year out from the medical course to undertake a moderatorship in science in an approved subject.
- No one here will get a moderatorship based on celebrity status or otherwise, the ones who got moderatorships here got them based on their support and treatment of me in the past.
- I know two other people who were offered moderatorships, but I won't tell who they are.
- Even if I'm not eligible for moderatorship, it would still be fun to watch the events.

Definition of moderator in US English:

moderator

nounˈmädəˌrādərˈmɑdəˌreɪdər

1An arbitrator or mediator.
Egypt managed to assert its role as a regional moderator
Example sentencesExamples
- The moderator for the negotiations jotted a few notes on the screen of her PDA with a stylus.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- But the moderators are amongst the most respected in the news industry.
- It takes quite a few weeks for the moderator to cease looking on government members as friends and colleagues.
- 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.
- Repeatedly, the country was framed as a failure by the moderators.
- ‘Our instructors were trained by moderators from China and Malaysia,’ she says.
- But on the other hand, I have to give both moderators some credit for not being too much in the story.
- Future research should clarify its role as predictor, moderator, or mediator of predictor-leadership relations.
- Few studies of maltreated children have sought to examine perceptions of control-related beliefs as mediators or moderators of internalizing and externalizing problems.
- We have now established a large team of moderators.
- We examined family conflict and parental depression symptoms as mediators and moderators in the associations between parental problem drinking and children's adjustment.
Synonyms
arbitrator, arbiter, negotiator, conciliator, go-between, middleman, intermediary, intervenor, interceder, intercessor, reconciler, broker, honest broker, liaison officer, peacemaker, umpire, referee, adjudicator, judge
1. 1.1 A presiding officer, especially a chairman of a debate.
  Example sentencesExamples
  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.
  Currently, he is scheduled to be a moderator at the third presidential debate in Arizona.
  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.
  Two disciplinary hearings, chaired by an outside moderator, were held yesterday and the others are due to be completed soon.
  I thought that was strange since he was going to be the moderator of the debate.
  They insisted on a single moderator, a stiff debate format and live coverage only by two small stations.
  The principal moderator arranged the focus groups and led the discussion.
  In the Republican debate, the moderator asked the candidates a viewer's question about which political philosopher or thinker the candidate identified with.
  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.
  We held an April contest there, and since I'm a moderator I figured I best churn out a submission.
  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.
  It can be intimidating, but the moderator must keep the debate on track and fair.
  The debate will finish with the moderator asking a general question to both Leaders in order to sum up.
  In this debate, the moderator is going to be even more important than the past debates.
  Average people asked better questions than the moderator of the first debate.
  Aggressive moderators don't get picked as debate moderators, Lou.
  Or had the retired general simply not considered the possibility that debate moderators would ask him questions?
  He jumped from his stool, chopped at the air and interrupted the debate moderator.
  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.
  Synonyms
  chief, head, principal, boss
2. 1.2 A Presbyterian minister presiding over an ecclesiastical body.
  Example sentencesExamples
  A representative from each presbytery, along with the three most recent moderators and three elders appointed by the Assembly, each have a vote.
  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.
  He had more than one year long term as moderator of his Presbytery.
  The first act of the Assembly was the appointment of a moderator.
  A former Presbyterian moderator, he is noted for his hardline views and refuses to attend ecumenical services that include Catholic priests.
  He has been the moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church since he founded it in 1951, a longer run in power than most popes.
  The Church of Scotland would be prepared to appoint an openly gay minister, according to the church's new moderator.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  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’.
  The organization constituted itself in January and elected as moderator the head of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
  The moderator challenged the audience: ‘What are you - bishops, priests, laity - afraid of about dialogue?’
  In recent years moderators have spent the rest of their year in office visiting missionaries and liaising with presbyteries.
  The moderator has previously said he would not be opposed to openly gay ministers.
2A person who moderates an Internet forum or online discussion.
Example sentencesExamples
- If the rule is violated and postings in Russian language are written using the Latin alphabet, the site moderator deletes the postings.
- Each comment can be assigned points by several different moderators, and the final grade is an average of all the moderators' judgments.
- I'm not interested in reading only what your moderators approve.
- 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.
- 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.
- The list manager, unlike a moderator, does not pre-approve each e-mail sent to the list.
- We failed; the moderators filtered out our fake files.
- The many list members cannot see which posts have not been approved by the few moderators.
- This limits the impact of any individual moderator.
- Moderators have very limited control over the system.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Nevertheless, giving members this option has transformed the status of the moderators from being the exclusive decision makers to "trusted filters."
- After seeing the first junk post, Tribe members quickly alerted moderators, who deleted the spammer's account in just half an hour.
- Controversial blogs are shut down, and chatroom moderators kick out participants who post comments likely to antagonise the Communist party.
3Physics
A substance used in a nuclear reactor to retard neutrons.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ultimatum is used in nuclear reactors as a reflector or moderator for it has a low thermal neutron absorption cross section.
- Light-water reactors use ordinary water for both coolant and for neutron moderator.
- 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.
- Heavy water is a suitable and convenient moderator of neutrons in nuclear reactors.

单词	moderator
释义	Definition of moderator in English: moderator noun ˈmɒdəreɪtəˈmɑdəˌreɪdər 1An arbitrator or mediator. Egypt managed to assert its role as a regional moderator Example sentencesExamples Potential mediators and moderators of the relation between childhood peer rejection and negative outcomes have not been thoroughly tested. 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 have now established a large team of moderators. It takes quite a few weeks for the moderator to cease looking on government members as friends and colleagues. We examined family conflict and parental depression symptoms as mediators and moderators in the associations between parental problem drinking and children's adjustment. Future research should clarify its role as predictor, moderator, or mediator of predictor-leadership relations. But on the other hand, I have to give both moderators some credit for not being too much in the story. ‘Our instructors were trained by moderators from China and Malaysia,’ she says. The moderator for the negotiations jotted a few notes on the screen of her PDA with a stylus. Repeatedly, the country was framed as a failure by the moderators. Few studies of maltreated children have sought to examine perceptions of control-related beliefs as mediators or moderators of internalizing and externalizing problems. 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. But the moderators are amongst the most respected in the news industry. 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. 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. Synonyms arbitrator, arbiter, negotiator, conciliator, go-between, middleman, intermediary, intervenor, interceder, intercessor, reconciler, broker, honest broker, liaison officer, peacemaker, umpire, referee, adjudicator, judge 1.1 A presiding officer, especially a chairman of a debate. the debates will each feature one moderator and a panel of three questioners Example sentencesExamples The moderator of the English language debates got a lot of bad press for letting things get out of control. The debate will finish with the moderator asking a general question to both Leaders in order to sum up. We held an April contest there, and since I'm a moderator I figured I best churn out a submission. Aggressive moderators don't get picked as debate moderators, Lou. 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. 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. Currently, he is scheduled to be a moderator at the third presidential debate in Arizona. In this debate, the moderator is going to be even more important than the past debates. And now let's talk to the moderator of this evening's recall debate. They insisted on a single moderator, a stiff debate format and live coverage only by two small stations. 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. 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. Two disciplinary hearings, chaired by an outside moderator, were held yesterday and the others are due to be completed soon. 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. In the Republican debate, the moderator asked the candidates a viewer's question about which political philosopher or thinker the candidate identified with. It can be intimidating, but the moderator must keep the debate on track and fair. He jumped from his stool, chopped at the air and interrupted the debate moderator. The principal moderator arranged the focus groups and led the discussion. Or had the retired general simply not considered the possibility that debate moderators would ask him questions? Synonyms chief, head, principal, boss 1.2 A Presbyterian minister presiding over an ecclesiastical body. the newly elected Moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church Example sentencesExamples He has been the moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church since he founded it in 1951, a longer run in power than most popes. 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’. In recent years moderators have spent the rest of their year in office visiting missionaries and liaising with presbyteries. The Church of Scotland would be prepared to appoint an openly gay minister, according to the church's new moderator. The organization constituted itself in January and elected as moderator the head of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. The moderator made a speech at first mild, recognising what Europeans had done in Africa. 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 first act of the Assembly was the appointment of a moderator. He had more than one year long term as moderator of his Presbytery. A former Presbyterian moderator, he is noted for his hardline views and refuses to attend ecumenical services that include Catholic priests. A representative from each presbytery, along with the three most recent moderators and three elders appointed by the Assembly, each have a vote. 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 moderator has previously said he would not be opposed to openly gay ministers. 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. Rev Bwalya was the first moderator for the Copperbelt presbytery. The moderator challenged the audience: ‘What are you - bishops, priests, laity - afraid of about dialogue?’ 2British A person who reviews examination papers to ensure consistency, or otherwise oversees an examination. after marking by the tutor, the papers are returned to a moderator Example sentencesExamples Data quality was ensured by having the moderator present his coding to a team including the principal investigator, a research assistant, and the principal investigator's graduate students. Their concurrence with conclusions drawn ensures the validity of the moderator's analysis. Testers were observed by moderators during the examination. The exam papers were marked by teachers and then sent to external moderators. Children at the state and national level sometimes didn't know what the moderator was asking because the moderator was saying it correctly. On top of this, contracted moderators check marked student work in every subject from every school, every year. The moderator, a famous senior scientist, was incredulous. Reducing external assessment could save the £60 million spent on moderators and examiners for GCSEs and GNVQ courses, he claims. ‘We ordered the paper in as it was too costly to hire an examiner and moderator for such a small exam,’ he said. In 1860-61 Cambridge appointed him moderator and examiner for the Mathematical Tripos. Synonyms adjudicator, arbiter, assessor, evaluator, appraiser, examiner 3A person who moderates an Internet forum or online discussion. Example sentencesExamples Moderators have very limited control over the system. The list manager, unlike a moderator, does not pre-approve each e-mail sent to the list. Maintaining health forums such as these is an often costly enterprise with professional moderators reading the posts and responding to inquiries. Nevertheless, giving members this option has transformed the status of the moderators from being the exclusive decision makers to "trusted filters." 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. 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. This fifth day we have a story from Val, who is a vivid RPG player and a moderator on our forum. Each comment can be assigned points by several different moderators, and the final grade is an average of all the moderators' judgments. This limits the impact of any individual moderator. After seeing the first junk post, Tribe members quickly alerted moderators, who deleted the spammer's account in just half an hour. I'm not interested in reading only what your moderators approve. Controversial blogs are shut down, and chatroom moderators kick out participants who post comments likely to antagonise the Communist party. 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. 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. If the rule is violated and postings in Russian language are written using the Latin alphabet, the site moderator deletes the postings. 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. 4Physics A substance used in a nuclear reactor to retard neutrons. in a fast reactor there is no moderator to slow the reaction down Example sentencesExamples 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. Ultimatum is used in nuclear reactors as a reflector or moderator for it has a low thermal neutron absorption cross section. Light-water reactors use ordinary water for both coolant and for neutron moderator. Heavy water is a suitable and convenient moderator of neutrons in nuclear reactors. Derivatives moderatorship noun If not, then the communities are not similar enough for that argument to apply for moderatorship. Example sentencesExamples After completing year three successfully, you may be permitted to take a year out from the medical course to undertake a moderatorship in science in an approved subject. No one here will get a moderatorship based on celebrity status or otherwise, the ones who got moderatorships here got them based on their support and treatment of me in the past. I know two other people who were offered moderatorships, but I won't tell who they are. Even if I'm not eligible for moderatorship, it would still be fun to watch the events. Definition of moderator in US English: moderator nounˈmädəˌrādərˈmɑdəˌreɪdər 1An arbitrator or mediator. Egypt managed to assert its role as a regional moderator Example sentencesExamples The moderator for the negotiations jotted a few notes on the screen of her PDA with a stylus. 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. 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. 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. But the moderators are amongst the most respected in the news industry. It takes quite a few weeks for the moderator to cease looking on government members as friends and colleagues. 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. Repeatedly, the country was framed as a failure by the moderators. ‘Our instructors were trained by moderators from China and Malaysia,’ she says. But on the other hand, I have to give both moderators some credit for not being too much in the story. Future research should clarify its role as predictor, moderator, or mediator of predictor-leadership relations. Few studies of maltreated children have sought to examine perceptions of control-related beliefs as mediators or moderators of internalizing and externalizing problems. We have now established a large team of moderators. We examined family conflict and parental depression symptoms as mediators and moderators in the associations between parental problem drinking and children's adjustment. Synonyms arbitrator, arbiter, negotiator, conciliator, go-between, middleman, intermediary, intervenor, interceder, intercessor, reconciler, broker, honest broker, liaison officer, peacemaker, umpire, referee, adjudicator, judge 1.1 A presiding officer, especially a chairman of a debate. Example sentencesExamples 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. Currently, he is scheduled to be a moderator at the third presidential debate in Arizona. 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. Two disciplinary hearings, chaired by an outside moderator, were held yesterday and the others are due to be completed soon. I thought that was strange since he was going to be the moderator of the debate. They insisted on a single moderator, a stiff debate format and live coverage only by two small stations. The principal moderator arranged the focus groups and led the discussion. In the Republican debate, the moderator asked the candidates a viewer's question about which political philosopher or thinker the candidate identified with. 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. We held an April contest there, and since I'm a moderator I figured I best churn out a submission. 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. It can be intimidating, but the moderator must keep the debate on track and fair. The debate will finish with the moderator asking a general question to both Leaders in order to sum up. In this debate, the moderator is going to be even more important than the past debates. Average people asked better questions than the moderator of the first debate. Aggressive moderators don't get picked as debate moderators, Lou. Or had the retired general simply not considered the possibility that debate moderators would ask him questions? He jumped from his stool, chopped at the air and interrupted the debate moderator. 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. Synonyms chief, head, principal, boss 1.2 A Presbyterian minister presiding over an ecclesiastical body. Example sentencesExamples A representative from each presbytery, along with the three most recent moderators and three elders appointed by the Assembly, each have a vote. 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. He had more than one year long term as moderator of his Presbytery. The first act of the Assembly was the appointment of a moderator. A former Presbyterian moderator, he is noted for his hardline views and refuses to attend ecumenical services that include Catholic priests. He has been the moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church since he founded it in 1951, a longer run in power than most popes. The Church of Scotland would be prepared to appoint an openly gay minister, according to the church's new moderator. 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. 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. 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. 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’. The organization constituted itself in January and elected as moderator the head of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. The moderator challenged the audience: ‘What are you - bishops, priests, laity - afraid of about dialogue?’ In recent years moderators have spent the rest of their year in office visiting missionaries and liaising with presbyteries. The moderator has previously said he would not be opposed to openly gay ministers. 2A person who moderates an Internet forum or online discussion. Example sentencesExamples If the rule is violated and postings in Russian language are written using the Latin alphabet, the site moderator deletes the postings. Each comment can be assigned points by several different moderators, and the final grade is an average of all the moderators' judgments. I'm not interested in reading only what your moderators approve. 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. 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. The list manager, unlike a moderator, does not pre-approve each e-mail sent to the list. We failed; the moderators filtered out our fake files. The many list members cannot see which posts have not been approved by the few moderators. This limits the impact of any individual moderator. Moderators have very limited control over the system. 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. 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. 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. Nevertheless, giving members this option has transformed the status of the moderators from being the exclusive decision makers to "trusted filters." After seeing the first junk post, Tribe members quickly alerted moderators, who deleted the spammer's account in just half an hour. Controversial blogs are shut down, and chatroom moderators kick out participants who post comments likely to antagonise the Communist party. 3Physics A substance used in a nuclear reactor to retard neutrons. Example sentencesExamples Ultimatum is used in nuclear reactors as a reflector or moderator for it has a low thermal neutron absorption cross section. Light-water reactors use ordinary water for both coolant and for neutron moderator. 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. Heavy water is a suitable and convenient moderator of neutrons in nuclear reactors.
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