Rotate

  • 21rotate — verb 1) the wheels rotate continually Syn: revolve, go around, turn, turn around, spin, gyrate, whirl, twirl, swivel, circle, pivot 2) many nurses rotate jobs Syn: alternate …

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  • 22rotate — verb 1) the wheels rotate continually Syn: revolve, go round, turn (round), spin, gyrate, whirl, twirl, swivel, circle, pivot 2) many nurses rotate jobs Syn: alternate …

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  • 23rotate — [rəʊˈteɪt] verb [I/T] 1) to move in a circle around a central point, or to move something in this way The Earth rotates 360 degrees every 24 hours.[/ex] 2) if people or things rotate, or if you rotate them, you change them regularly in a fixed… …

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  • 24rotate — I. /roʊˈteɪt / (say roh tayt) verb (rotated, rotating) –verb (t) 1. to cause to turn round like a wheel on its axis. 2. to cause to go through a round of changes; cause to pass or follow in a fixed routine of succession: to rotate crops. –verb… …

  • 25rotate — rotate1 rotatable, adj. rotatably, adv. /roh tayt/ or, esp. Brit., /roh tayt /, v., rotated, rotating. v.t. 1. to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve. 2. to cause to go through a cycle of changes; cause to pass or follow in a… …

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  • 26rotate — verb /ɹəʊˈteɪt,ˈɹɔʊteɪt/ a) to spin, turn, or revolve. He rotated in his chair to face me. b) to advance through a sequence; to take turns …

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  • 27rotate — ro·tate rō .tāt, esp Brit rō vb, ro·tat·ed; ro·tat·ing vi to turn about an axis or a center vt to cause to turn about an axis or a center <rotate the head> * * * ro·tate (roґtāt) to turn around an axis; to twist …

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  • 28rotate — I ro•tate [[t]ˈroʊ teɪt[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]roʊˈteɪt[/t]] v. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to turn around on or as if on an axis; revolve 2) to proceed in a fixed routine of succession 3) to cause to turn around an axis or center point 4) agr. to cause to… …

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  • 29rotate — 1. v. 1 intr. & tr. move round an axis or centre, revolve. 2 a tr. take or arrange in rotation. b intr. act or take place in rotation (the chairmanship will rotate). Derivatives: rotatable adj. rotative adj. rotatory adj. Etymology: L rotare f.… …

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  • 30rotate through — phr verb Rotate through is used with these nouns as the object: ↑angle …

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