rotate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin rotātus, perfect passive participle of rotō (“revolve”), from rota (“wheel”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: rōtāt', IPA(key): /ɹəʊˈteɪt/
- (US) enPR: rō'tāt, IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊteɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: (UK) -eɪt
Verb[edit]
rotate (third-person singular simple present rotates, present participle rotating, simple past and past participle rotated)
- (intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
- He rotated in his chair to face me.
- The earth rotates.
- (intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
- The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
- (intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
- The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
- (transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.
- Rotate the dial to the left.
- (transitive) To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
- 1975, “Architectural Digest”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 32, page 112:
- I've always admired the Japanese point of view that holds it best not to have a great number of objects around at one time but to rotate possessions — and display them with great simplicity.
- (transitive) To replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones so that older ones get used first.
- The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.
- (transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of rotate
infinitive | (to) rotate | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | rotate | rotated | |
2nd-person singular | |||
3rd-person singular | rotates | ||
plural | rotate | ||
subjunctive | rotate | rotated | |
imperative | rotate | — | |
participles | rotating | rotated |
Synonyms[edit]
- (to turn) revolve
- (to make turn) circumvolve
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Finnish: rotatoida
Translations[edit]
to spin, turn, or revolve
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to advance through a sequence; to take turns
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to spin, turn, or revolve something
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to replace older materials or to place older materials in front of newer ones
to change which tire is on each corner of the car, so that they wear evenly
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Adjective[edit]
rotate (not comparable)
- Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
- a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla
Translations[edit]
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Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
rotate
- inflection of rotare:
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
rotate f pl
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
rotāte
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
rotate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of rotar combined with te
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