لفظ "اعتدال" کا لغت میں معنی ہے کسی خاص حد یا حد تک کچھ کرنا جو حد سے زیادہ یا انتہائی نہ ہو۔ اس سے مراد کسی چیز کو معقول یا متوازن طریقے سے کرنا ہے، بغیر کسی حد تک جانے یا حد سے زیادہ۔ اس کا مطلب بہت زیادہ یا بہت کم ہونے کی بجائے اوسط یا معمول کی شدت یا شدت کی حالت میں ہونا بھی ہو سکتا ہے۔
1. It might not have been as bad if my nurse was at least moderately attractive.
2. There were a few moderately large dairy farms, but even those had only a few hundred cows each, much smaller than the successful dairy farms in South Africa.
3. The wind was firm from the southeast, so it was another moderately close-hauled sail.
4. Logan was happy to see that the train was moderately full.
5. The people were advanced enough to be fully clothed and communicate with a moderately advanced spoken language.
6. He was moderately tall with black hair, Indian or Pakistani.