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How to pronounce rotate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms go around, revolve
Type of turn
Has types whirl, drive in, gyrate, reel, screw, spin, spin around, swirl, twiddle, twirl, wheel, wheel around
Verb group circumvolve
Derivation rotation


The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire.
Type Words
Synonyms circumvolve
Type of turn
Has types twirl, crank, crank up, spin, birl, birle, whirl
Verb group revolve, go around
Derivation rotation, rotatory
Type Words
Synonyms splay, spread out, turn out
Type of turn


ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees.
Type Words
Type of alternate
Derivation rotation


We rotate the lead soprano every night.
Type Words
Type of serve
Derivation rotation


Interns have to rotate for a few months.
Type Words
Type of grow
Derivation rotation


We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil.

Examples of rotate

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With two fingers you can rotate the display image to suit the player's position.
From the businessweek.com
Following their advice, I started to rotate the crops and apply less fertiliser.
From the guardian.co.uk
Lift foot, point toes outward and rotate foot in circular motion for 30 seconds.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He floored it, and the g-force made my headphones rotate swiftly around my head.
From the newscientist.com
Rotate your wrist to the right so that you're looking directly at your knuckles.
From the guardian.co.uk
Fed presidents rotate voting on monetary policy with Lacker next voting in 2012.
From the bloomberg.com
Externally rotate your left leg out so that your left toes face toward the left.
From the orlandosentinel.com
We move the defense, have them rotate and then we get off rebound opportunities.
From the post-gazette.com
Chesney sets up four stations, and kids rotate through, learning all four games.
From the sltrib.com
More examples
  • Revolve: 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"
  • Exchange on a regular basis; "We rotate the lead soprano every night"
  • Perform a job or duty on a rotating basis; "Interns have to rotate for a few months"
  • Cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"
  • Turn out: turn outward; "These birds can splay out their toes"; "ballet dancers can rotate their legs out by 90 degrees"
  • Plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; "We rotate the crops so as to maximize the use of the soil"
  • "Rotate" is the lead single from Capone-N-Noreaga's third studio album Channel 10 The song features Busta Rhymes and Ron Browz and is produced by Ron Browz. It is their first single together in nine years.
  • A rotation is a movement of an object in a circular motion. An object rotates around a center (or point) of rotation. A three-dimensional object rotates always around an imaginary line called an axis as the Euler's rotation theorem shows. ...
  • (Rotation (album)) Rotation is the second studio album by powerpop band Cute Is What We Aim For, released on the record label Fueled by Ramen. The album was released on June 24, 2008. It debuted at #21 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart selling around 22,000 copies. ...