rotate.
To spin, turn, or revolve.
Meaning & usage
To spin, turn, or revolve.
He rotated in his chair to face me.
The earth rotates.
To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
To spin, turn, or revolve something.
Rotate the dial to the left.
To advance something through a sequence; to allocate or deploy in turns.
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.
To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.
Where this word comes from
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).
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla
Where this word comes from
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).
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