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rotate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/ (General-American)
  • /ɹəˈteɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ɾoː.ʈeːʈ] (India, North)
  • /roˈʈeʈ/ (India, North)
  • (US) audio
  • [ɾö.ʈeːʈ] (India, South)
  • /ɹəʊˈteɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /rɵˈʈeʈ/ (India, South)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotātus, perfect passive participle of rotō (“revolve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from rota (“wheel”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
    • a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla

Deriveds

rotately · birotate

Translations (1)

cmn 輪狀 /轮状 (wheel-shaped)

rotate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/ (General-American)
  • /ɹəˈteɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ɾoː.ʈeːʈ] (India, North)
  • /roˈʈeʈ/ (India, North)
  • (US) audio
  • [ɾö.ʈeːʈ] (India, South)
  • /ɹəʊˈteɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /rɵˈʈeʈ/ (India, South)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rotātus, perfect passive participle of rotō (“revolve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from rota (“wheel”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To spin, turn, or revolve.
    • He rotated in his chair to face me.
    • The earth rotates.
  2. (intransitive) To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
    • The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
  3. (intransitive, of aircraft) To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
    • The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
  4. (transitive) To spin, turn, or revolve something.
    • Rotate the dial to the left.
  5. (transitive) To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
    • 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. 1975, “Architectural Digest”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 32, page 112:
  6. (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.
  7. (transitive) To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rotating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rotate Number=Plur, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rotate VerbForm=Inf lexicographic
rotate Mood=Sub, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rotate Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rotate Mood=Imp, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rotate Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rotatest Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic
rotateth Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres archaic lexicographic
rotatedst Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past archaic lexicographic
rotates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rotated Number=Plur, Tense=Past lexicographic
rotated Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Past lexicographic
rotated Number=Sing, Person=2, Tense=Past lexicographic
rotated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rotated Mood=Sub, Tense=Past lexicographic
rotated Number=Sing, Person=1, Tense=Past lexicographic
rotated Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

superrotate · rotatable · clinorotating · rotatee · rotatability · autorotate · unrotate · underrotate · rotation · hyperrotate · corotate · pseudorotate · rerotate · rotator · circumrotate · counterrotate · misrotate · derotate · overrotate · birotate

Descendants

rotatoida

Relateds

rota · crop-rotate

Synonyms

revolve (to turn) · circumvolve (to make turn)

Translations (93)

fr rotationner (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ml തിരിക്കുക (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · ml കറങ്ങുക (to advance through a sequence; to take turns) · ru крути́ть (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · ky айлануу (to spin, turn, or revolve) · hu forgat (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · nb rotere (to spin, turn, or revolve) · fr intervertir (to change which tire is on each corner of the car, so that they wear evenly) · ml തിരിയുക (to spin, turn, or revolve) · te పరిభ్రమించు (to spin, turn, or revolve) · pt rotar (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · nn rotere (to advance through a sequence; to take turns) · th หัน (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ml കറങ്ങുക (to spin, turn, or revolve) · hy պտտել (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · hu forog (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ja 回る (to spin, turn, or revolve) · es girar (to spin, turn, or revolve) · th หมุน (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · ru враща́ться (to spin, turn, or revolve) · fi kääntää (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · hy պտտվել (to spin, turn, or revolve) · fa چرخیدن (to spin, turn, or revolve) · mww tig (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · nb rotere (to advance through a sequence; to take turns) · sv vända (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · pl obracać się (to spin, turn, or revolve) · fi vuorotella (to advance through a sequence; to take turns) · bg редувам (to advance something through a sequence) · pt rodar (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · ckb سوراندن (to spin, turn, or revolve) · te భ్రమించు (to spin, turn, or revolve) · pt girar (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · pt rodar (to spin, turn, or revolve) · fr tourner (to spin, turn, or revolve) · cmn 轮流 (to advance through a sequence; to take turns) · ja 回る (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · fi pyöriä (to spin, turn, or revolve) · gl xirar (to spin, turn, or revolve) · izh pööriä (to spin, turn, or revolve) · sv rotera (to spin, turn, or revolve) · bg въртя (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · ps تاوول (to spin, turn, or revolve) · el περιστρέφω (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · fr permuter (to change which tire is on each corner of the car, so that they wear evenly) · be абярну́цца (to spin, turn, or revolve) · fi kääntyä (to spin, turn, or revolve) · el περιστρέφομαι (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ota دونمك (to spin, turn, or revolve) · fr faire tourner (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · be абарача́цца (to spin, turn, or revolve) · cmn 转动 (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ru верте́ть (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · pt rotar (to spin, turn, or revolve) · bg редувам се (to advance through a sequence; to take turns) · qu muyuy (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ro roti (to spin, turn, or revolve) · chr ᎠᏗᏆᎸᏕᏲᎭ (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ar أَدَارَ (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · nl roteren (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ru враща́ть (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · pl obracać (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · sv rotera (to advance through a sequence; to take turns) · be абараці́цца (to spin, turn, or revolve) · hu pörget (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · de sich drehen (to spin, turn, or revolve) · mww tig (to spin, turn, or revolve) · fr rotater (to spin, turn, or revolve) · bg въртя (to change which tire is on each corner of the car, so that they wear evenly) · nn rotere (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ml കറക്കുക (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · nl ronddraaien (to spin, turn, or revolve) · bg въртя се (to spin, turn, or revolve) · cmn 轮换 (to advance through a sequence; to take turns) · pt girar (to spin, turn, or revolve) · cmn 旋转 (to spin, turn, or revolve) · th หมุน (to spin, turn, or revolve) · pt rotacionar (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · cs otočit (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ps څرخول (to spin, turn, or revolve) · fi pyörittää (to spin, turn, or revolve) · pt rotacionar (to spin, turn, or revolve) · pl obrócić się (to spin, turn, or revolve) · de rotieren (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ckb چەرخاندن (to spin, turn, or revolve) · hu pörög (to spin, turn, or revolve) · th หัน (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · ru крути́ться (to spin, turn, or revolve) · ru верте́ться (to spin, turn, or revolve) · it ruotare (to spin, turn, or revolve) · pl obrócić (to spin, turn, or revolve something) · el εναλλάσσομαι (to advance through a sequence; to take turns) · az fırlanmaq (to spin, turn, or revolve)