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- pronunciation:
- ro
teIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Language Note, Word Builder, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
rotates, rotating, rotated |
| definition 1: |
to cause to revolve around an axis.
- synonyms:
- revolve, roll, spin, turn, wheel
- similar words:
- circle, pivot, reel, swivel, trundle, twirl, twist, whirl, wind
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| definition 2: |
to cause to be planted in cycles.
Farmers rotate their crops on a three-year schedule.- similar words:
- alternate, interchange, shift
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| definition 3: |
to cause (persons) to be replaced according to cycles.
- synonyms:
- alternate, interchange, shift
- similar words:
- stagger, switch
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| related words: |
turn |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to turn on or around a fixed point.
- synonyms:
- gyrate, revolve, roll, turn, wheel
- similar words:
- circle, pivot, ring, spin, swivel, twirl, whirl
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| definition 2: |
to progress according to a cycle of succeeding events; alternate.
- synonyms:
- alternate, cycle, interchange, revolve
- similar words:
- proceed, progress, take turns
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| related words: |
orbit, pitch, round, turn, twist |
adverb + (v.)rotate
constantly, continuously, evenly, externally, faster, fully, gently, horizontally, periodically, rapidly, regularly, simultaneously, slowly
(v.)rotate
+ adverb
annually, around, backward, clockwise, counterclockwise, fast, forward, freely, frequently, halfway, independently, inward, outward, slightly, smoothly, through, upward
(v.)rotate
+ noun
angle,
arm,
assignment,
axis,
beam,
blade,
body,
chamber,
circle,
collar,
component,
cookie,
corn,
crew,
crop,
degree,
dial,
direction,
dish,
display,
drum,
duty,
exhibit,
exhibition,
factor,
filter,
forearm,
gear,
globe,
handle,
hip,
hour,
leg,
lens,
machinery,
matrix,
neutron,
object,
palm,
pan,
pasture,
pelvis,
plate,
position,
presidency,
quarterback,
rep,
repertory,
rotation,
schedule,
shaft,
sheet,
shift,
shoulder,
speed,
star,
sun,
thigh,
thumb,
torso,
troop,
tube,
turret,
wheel,
wrist
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| derivation: |
rotatable (adj.) |
Rotate and revolve are often confused. Both of these words describe the motion of Earth and other planets, moons, and stars. Rotate means to spin around an axis. Earth rotates completely in about 24 hours. Each rotation is one day.Revolve means to travel in a curved path around a central object. Earth revolves around the sun in about 365.25 days. Each revolution is one year.
The word rotate
contains the following parts:
rot
Latin
root
that means turn
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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