rotate
pronunciation
How to pronounce rotate in British English:
UK [rəʊˈteɪt]
How to pronounce rotate in American English:
US [ˈroʊteɪt]
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- Verb:
- turn on or around an axis or a center
- exchange on a regular basis
- cause to turn on an axis or center
- perform a job or duty on a rotating basis
- turn outward
- plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession
Word Origin
- rotate (v.)
- 1794, intransitive, back-formation from rotation. Transitive sense from 1823. Related: Rotated; rotating. Rotator "muscle which allows a part to be moved circularly" is recorded from 1670s.
Example
- 1. Rotate the camera a few degrees between shots .
- 2. We can even rotate a little bit when needed .
- 3. As you move away from the image , they appear to rotate clockwise .
- 4. The presidency and other posts are meant to rotate .
- 5. Diigo takes all the data it collects from users and lets them rotate it in interesting ways .