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rotate

7 definitions • 8 examples
1
to turn or cause something to turn in a circle, especially around a fixed point:

Examples:

Rotate the handle by 180° to open the door.
The wheel rotates around an axle.
The satellite slowly rotates as it circles the earth.
2
If a job rotates or if a group of people rotate their jobs, the jobs are done at different times by different people.
3
When farmers rotate crops, they regularly change which crops they grow in a particular field.
4
to turn around a fixed point, or to cause something to do this:

Examples:

[ I ] The wheel rotates on an axle.
5
to happen in turns, or to cause something to happen in a particular order:

Examples:

[ T ] Every 30 days we rotate shifts.
6
to turn something in a circle, especially around a fixed point:

Examples:

With the software you can zoom and rotate pictures.
7
to regularly change the person who does a particular job, so that it is done at different times by different people:

Examples:

rotate between sb The chairmanship would rotate between the members of the board.
Are you able to rotate shifts?

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