English Explanatory Dictionary

rotate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To spin, turn, or revolve.
To advance through a sequence; to take turns.
To lift the nose during takeoff, just prior to liftoff.
To spin, turn, or revolve something.
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.
To grow or plant (crops) in a certain order.

adj

Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.

Pronunciation

/ɹəʊˈteɪt/ /ɹəˈteɪt/ /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/ en-us-rotate.ogg /roˈʈeʈ/ [ɾoː.ʈeːʈ] /rɵˈʈeʈ/ [ɾö.ʈeːʈ]

Word forms

rotate rotates rotating rotated no-table-tags glossary rotatest rotatedst rotateth

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).

Synonyms

revolve circumvolve

Related words

crop-rotate rota

Derived words

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

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