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- [roh-teyt or, esp. British, roh-teyt]
- /ˈroʊ teɪt or, esp. British, roʊˈteɪt/
- /rəʊˈteɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [roh-teyt or, esp. British, roh-teyt]
- /ˈroʊ teɪt or, esp. British, roʊˈteɪt/
Definitions of rotate word
- verb with object rotate to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve. 1
- verb with object rotate to cause to go through a cycle of changes; cause to pass or follow in a fixed routine of succession: to rotate farm crops. 1
- verb with object rotate to replace (a person, troops, etc.) by another or others, usually according to a schedule or plan. 1
- verb without object rotate to turn around on or as if on an axis. 1
- verb without object rotate to proceed in a fixed routine of succession: The sentries rotated in keeping watch. 1
- adjective rotate wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb. 1
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Origin of rotate
First appearance:
before 1800 One of the 42% newest English words
1800-10; < Latin rotātus (past participle of rotāre to cause to spin, roll, move in a circle), equivalent to rot(a) wheel + -ātus -ate1
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Parts of speech for Rotate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rotate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rotate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rotate
verb rotate
- alternate — When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
- arcing — Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- arcked — a simple past tense and past participle of arc.
- arcking — a present participle of arc.
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
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