What is another word for rotate?
Synonyms for rotate
ˈroʊ teɪt; esp. Brit. roʊˈteɪtro·tate
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Wiktionary
rotateverb
Synonyms:
circumvolve, revolverotateverb
to spin, turn, or revolve.
He rotated in his chair to face me.
Synonyms:
circumvolve, revolverotateverb
to advance through a sequence; to take turns.
The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
Synonyms:
circumvolve, revolverotateverb
to lift the nose, just prior to takeoff.
The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
Synonyms:
revolve, circumvolverotateverb
to spin, turn, or revolve something.
Rotate the dial to the left.
Synonyms:
circumvolve, revolverotateverb
to advance something through a sequence.
Synonyms:
revolve, circumvolverotateverb
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.
Synonyms:
circumvolve, revolverotateverb
to grow or plant in a certain order.
Synonyms:
revolve, circumvolve
English Synonyms and Antonyms
rotate
Any round body rolls which continuously touches with successive portions of its surface successive portions of another surface; a wagon-wheel rolls along the ground. To rotate is said of a body that has a circular motion about its own center or axis; to revolve is said of a body that moves in a curving path, as a circle or an ellipse, about a center outside of itself, so as to return periodically to the same relative position that it held at some previous time. A revolving body may also either rotate or roll at the same time; the earth revolves around the sun, and rotates on its own axis; in popular usage, the earth is often said to revolve about its own axis, or to have a daily "revolution," but rotate and "rotation" are the more accurate terms. A cylinder over which an endless belt is drawn is said to roll as regards the belt, tho it rotates as regards its own axis. Any object that is in contact with or connected with a rolling body is often said to roll; as, the car rolls smoothly along the track. Objects whose motion approximates or suggests a rotary motion along a supporting surface are also said to roll; as, ocean waves roll in upon the shore, or the ship rolls in the trough of the sea. Turn is a conversational and popular word often used vaguely for rotate or revolve, or for any motion about a fixed point, especially for a motion less than a complete "rotation" or "revolution;" a man turns his head or turns on his heel; the gate turns on its hinges.
Princeton's WordNet
revolve, go around, rotateverb
turn on or around an axis or a center
"The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
Synonyms:
splay, go around, short-circuit, orb, turn out, circumvolve, roll, bypass, outflank, circulate, spread, revolve, orbit, spread out, get aroundrotateverb
exchange on a regular basis
"We rotate the lead soprano every night"
Synonyms:
go around, revolve, spread out, turn out, splay, circumvolverotateverb
perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
"Interns have to rotate for a few months"
Synonyms:
go around, revolve, spread out, turn out, splay, circumvolverotate, circumvolveverb
cause to turn on an axis or center
"Rotate the handle"
Synonyms:
go around, revolve, spread out, turn out, splay, circumvolveturn out, splay, spread out, rotateverb
turn outward
"These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
Synonyms:
circumvolve, rise, spread, turn off, cut, boot out, uprise, turf out, spread out, luxate, splay, string out, arise, dislocate, disperse, fan out, open, chuck out, exclude, go around, switch off, revolve, get up, prove, diffuse, unfold, turn out, scatter, expand, turn up, eject, come out, slip, dissipate, bearrotateverb
plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
"We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
Synonyms:
go around, revolve, spread out, turn out, splay, circumvolve
Editors Contribution
around
going around for a long time
go a round and around
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#283 | open | |
#1007 | turn | |
#1324 | cut | |
#2490 | bear | |
#2595 | roll | |
#2703 | rise | |
#3125 | spread | |
#3129 | expand | |
#4340 | prove | |
#4372 | turning | |
#5110 | slip | |
#5184 | spin | |
#6377 | exclude | |
#7087 | arise | |
#7835 | twist | |
#7985 | rotation | |
#9591 | orbit | |
#10257 | bypass | |
#10889 | spinning | |
#12124 | rotating | |
#13250 | swivel | |
#14225 | rotate | |
#16361 | orb | |
#19091 | pivot | |
#19568 | diffuse | |
#21160 | scatter | |
#22616 | rotational | |
#24338 | rotated | |
#25927 | unfold | |
#26691 | circulate | |
#27307 | eject | |
#36077 | disperse | |
#36328 | revolve | |
#49275 | dissipate | |
#88024 | splay | |
#196665 | dislocate | |
#207890 | uprise | |
#230288 | outflank |
How to use rotate in a sentence?
If you want to see the real beating of the tail, you need to move with the sperm and rotate with the sperm. So it's almost like you needed to make a( camera) really tiny and stick it to the head of the sperm.
Perhaps one way to avoid holding Olympic Games in a place that is hostile towards LGBTQ + people and marginalized communities would be to decide on a select group of cities in countries that have been fully vetted for their record on human rights and their treatment of LGBTQ + citizens and rotate between them every four years.
It was solid, but I wouldn't say it was overly inspiring of confidence, so we're seeing some investors rotate back into some of those names where they might feel more comfortable with if the Fed isn't going to hike sooner rather than later.
We will permanently rotate troops on this flank.
It's very tight and sweaty -- conditions are really hot, every time you rotate, everything gets soaked. Condensation rains down on you the whole time. Salt water's hugely corrosive, so you get lots of sores and boils. It's a pretty miserable environment.
Translations for rotate
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- абараціцца, абярнуцца, абарачаццаBelarusian
- otočitCzech
- rotieren, drehenGerman
- περιστρέφω, περιστρέφομαι, εναλλάσσομαιGreek
- girarSpanish
- vuorotella, kääntää, pyörittää, kääntyä, pyöriäFinnish
- permuter, [[faire]] [[tourner]], tourner, intervertirFrench
- xirarGalician
- forog, forgat, pörög, pörgetHungarian
- պտտել, պտտվելArmenian
- לסובבHebrew
- سوراندن, چهرخاندنKurdish
- rotereNorwegian
- roterenDutch
- rotereNorwegian Nynorsk
- څرخول, تاوولPashto, Pushto
- rotacionar, girar, rotarPortuguese
- muyuyQuechua
- rotiRomanian
- верте́ть, враща́ться, враща́ть, верте́ться, крути́ть, крути́тьсяRussian
- పరిభ్రమించు, భ్రమించుTelugu
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