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   rotate

   /rə(ʊ)ˈteɪt/

   verb

   • 1. move or cause to move in a circle round an axis or centre: "the wheel continued to rotate" Similar revolvego roundturnturn roundmove roundspingyratewheelwhirltwirlswivelcirclepirouettepivotreel
   • 2. pass to each member of a group in a regularly recurring order: "the job of chairing the meeting rotates" Similar alternatetake turnstake it in turnswork/act in sequencetrade placeschangeswitchinterchangeexchangeswappass from one to another in rotationmove around
   • ▪ grow (different crops) in succession on a particular piece of land to avoid exhausting the soil: "these crops were sometimes rotated with grass"
   • ▪ change the position of (tyres) on a motor vehicle to distribute wear: "radial tyres should only be rotated from front to rear on the same side"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in rotatory adjective): from Latin rotat- ‘turned in a circle’, from the verb rotare, from rota ‘wheel’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rotatable adjective
   • 2. rotative adjective
   • 3. rotatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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