rotate

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: rōtāt', IPA ^(key): /rəʊˈteɪt/
• (US) enPR: rō'tāt, IPA ^(key): /ˈroʊteɪt/

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Verb

Plain form rotate

Third-person singular rotates

Past tense rotated

Past participle rotated

Present participle rotating

A sphere rotating around its axis.

1. (transitive) If you rotate something, you turn it around its centre.

   She rotated the image 180 degrees so should could see better.

2. (intransitive) If something rotates, it turns around its centre.

   The wheels continued to rotate slowly after the bicycle fell down.

Related words

• rotation