movers
movers — noun
- moverssingular
- moversesplural
1. people or a company you pay to wrap your furniture and boxes, load them into a t
people or a company you pay to wrap your furniture and boxes, load them into a truck, drive them, and unload them at your new home or office
Hari and his partner hired movers to shift their flat from Mumbai to Pune.
collocation: hire movers
The movers arrived at seven in the morning with a large blue truck.
Linh packed the books herself but left the heavy furniture for the movers.
Tariq's movers broke a lamp during the trip and offered to pay for it.
The movers charged extra because the sofa would not fit through the narrow door.
- removalists
common in Australian and British English; same meaning as movers
- moving company
refers to the business rather than the individual workers
- hauliers
more industrial; typically transport heavy goods or materials, not household belongings
文法句型
hire + movers
the movers + verb (arrive, come, load, pack)
用法筆記
Almost always used in the plural (movers), even when you mean a single company. To talk about one worker, say 'one of the movers' rather than 'a mover.'
常見錯誤
2. how well or in what style someone dances, always used after an adjective such as
how well or in what style someone dances, always used after an adjective such as 'good,' 'graceful,' or 'terrible' — for example, someone who is 'a smooth mover' or 'a clumsy mover'
On the dance floor, Ada is easily the best mover in our group.
pattern: the + adjective + mover
João claims he is a terrible mover but his friends disagree loudly.
collocation: terrible mover
The salsa teacher told Kasia she had become a much more confident mover.
As a child, Noa was a natural mover who picked up every new step fast.
You need to be a graceful mover to perform that waltz routine well.
- dancer
neutral; 'mover' adds evaluation (good/bad) while 'dancer' can stand alone
文法句型
a/an + adjective + mover (good, bad, smooth, clumsy, graceful, natural)
用法筆記
Always follows an adjective and cannot stand alone. Saying 'He is a mover' does not communicate anything about dancing — it would be understood as sense 1 (someone who transports belongings) or be confusing.
常見錯誤
3. a product that customers buy in large quantities over a short period, nearly alw
a product that customers buy in large quantities over a short period, nearly always described with a word like 'fast' or 'big' before it
Yuna told her staff the new phone charger became a fast mover the moment it hit the shelves.
collocation: fast mover
The shop manager told Ife that organic soap was the store's biggest mover that month.
collocation: biggest mover
During the holiday season, toy robots were the top movers across all their stores.
Mia checked the sales figures and found that garden tools were slow movers this spring.
Mei checked the weekend tally — matcha cookies were the shop's strongest mover, selling out by Saturday noon.
- bestseller
usually reserved for books; 'mover' applies to any product category
- hot seller
more informal; common in spoken business contexts
- top-selling item
slightly more formal; often used in reports
- slow mover
a product that takes a long time to sell; the natural opposite within the same expression pattern
文法句型
a + adjective + mover (fast mover, big mover, top mover, slow mover)
用法筆記
Always used with an adjective such as fast, big, top, slow, or strong. Most common in retail, marketing, and business reporting. Distinguish from sense 5, which is about stock-market shares rather than physical products.
常見錯誤
4. the person in a formal meeting who officially puts an idea or plan forward so th
the person in a formal meeting who officially puts an idea or plan forward so that others can debate it and then vote
Hoa stood up and addressed the chair as the mover of the new budget proposal.
pattern: the mover of the + proposal
The mover, Emeka, spoke for three minutes before the planning committee began its debate.
When nobody in the room seconded her motion, the mover had to withdraw it and sit down.
Adisa was chosen as the mover because she had the strongest case for change.
The chairperson asked the mover, Santiago, to state the budget proposal clearly for the record.
- seconder
the person who formally supports the mover's motion so that debate can begin
文法句型
the mover of the + noun (motion, proposal, resolution)
用法筆記
A specialised parliamentary term. In everyday meetings, people normally say 'the person who proposed the idea' rather than 'the mover.' Appears almost exclusively in formal procedure contexts such as board meetings, government sessions, and legal hearings.
常見錯誤
5. a company's shares whose price has risen or fallen by a noticeable amount during
a company's shares whose price has risen or fallen by a noticeable amount during a specific trading period, making them stand out from the rest of the market
Feng watched the screen closely because the bank's shares were the day's top movers.
collocation: top movers
Amara refreshed her screen — tech stocks were the biggest movers on the exchange after the earnings report dropped.
collocation: biggest movers
The senior trader, Chiamaka, warned her team to keep a close watch on the afternoon's fast movers.
Dmitri checked the board and saw that energy shares had become the main movers when oil prices jumped unexpectedly.
Rafiq stared at his terminal — Atlas Mining's shares had jumped fourteen percent, the most significant movers that day.
- active stocks
emphasises trading volume; 'movers' emphasises price change
- volatile shares
focuses on unpredictability rather than the size of the move
- stable stocks
shares whose price stays largely unchanged over the same period
文法句型
adjective + movers (top movers, biggest movers, fast movers)
用法筆記
Almost always plural and typically paired with an adjective like top, biggest, main, or fast. Common in financial news reports and market commentary. Distinguish from sense 3, which refers to physical products that sell well rather than shares that change in price.