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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GYRATE

From Late Latin gӯrāre, from Latin gӯrus circle, from Greek guros.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GYRATE

gyrate  [dʒɪˈreɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GYRATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gyrate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb gyrate in English.

WHAT DOES GYRATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gyrate in the English dictionary

The definition of gyrate in the dictionary is to rotate or spiral, esp about a fixed point or axis. Other definition of gyrate is curved or coiled into a circle; circinate.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GYRATE

PRESENT

Present
I gyrate
you gyrate
he/she/it gyrates
we gyrate
you gyrate
they gyrate
Present continuous
I am gyrating
you are gyrating
he/she/it is gyrating
we are gyrating
you are gyrating
they are gyrating
Present perfect
I have gyrated
you have gyrated
he/she/it has gyrated
we have gyrated
you have gyrated
they have gyrated
Present perfect continuous
I have been gyrating
you have been gyrating
he/she/it has been gyrating
we have been gyrating
you have been gyrating
they have been gyrating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I gyrated
you gyrated
he/she/it gyrated
we gyrated
you gyrated
they gyrated
Past continuous
I was gyrating
you were gyrating
he/she/it was gyrating
we were gyrating
you were gyrating
they were gyrating
Past perfect
I had gyrated
you had gyrated
he/she/it had gyrated
we had gyrated
you had gyrated
they had gyrated
Past perfect continuous
I had been gyrating
you had been gyrating
he/she/it had been gyrating
we had been gyrating
you had been gyrating
they had been gyrating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will gyrate
you will gyrate
he/she/it will gyrate
we will gyrate
you will gyrate
they will gyrate
Future continuous
I will be gyrating
you will be gyrating
he/she/it will be gyrating
we will be gyrating
you will be gyrating
they will be gyrating
Future perfect
I will have gyrated
you will have gyrated
he/she/it will have gyrated
we will have gyrated
you will have gyrated
they will have gyrated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been gyrating
you will have been gyrating
he/she/it will have been gyrating
we will have been gyrating
you will have been gyrating
they will have been gyrating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would gyrate
you would gyrate
he/she/it would gyrate
we would gyrate
you would gyrate
they would gyrate
Conditional continuous
I would be gyrating
you would be gyrating
he/she/it would be gyrating
we would be gyrating
you would be gyrating
they would be gyrating
Conditional perfect
I would have gyrate
you would have gyrate
he/she/it would have gyrate
we would have gyrate
you would have gyrate
they would have gyrate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been gyrating
you would have been gyrating
he/she/it would have been gyrating
we would have been gyrating
you would have been gyrating
they would have been gyrating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you gyrate
we let´s gyrate
you gyrate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to gyrate
Past participle
gyrated
Present Participle
gyrating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GYRATE


berate
bɪˈreɪt
circumgyrate
ˌsɜːkəmˌdʒaɪˈreɪt
cut-rate
ˌkʌtˈreɪt
derate
diːˈreɪt
disrate
dɪsˈreɪt
generate
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
great
ɡreɪt
irate
aɪˈreɪt
misrate
ˌmɪsˈreɪt
narrate
nəˈreɪt
orate
ɔːˈreɪt
outrate
ˌaʊtˈreɪt
overrate
ˌəʊvəˈreɪt
prorate
prəʊˈreɪt
rate
reɪt
separate
ˈsɛpəˌreɪt
straight
streɪt
underrate
ˌʌndəˈreɪt
uprate
ʌpˈreɪt
zero-rate
ˌzɪərəʊˈreɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GYRATE

gyral
gyrally
gyrant
gyrase
gyration
gyrational
gyrator
gyratory
gyre
gyrene
gyrfalcon
gyri
gyro
gyro horizon
gyrocar
gyrocompass
gyrocopter
gyrodyne
gyrofrequency
gyroidal

WORDS THAT END LIKE GYRATE

accurate
at any rate
butyrate
concentrate
corporate
decorate
demonstrate
desperate
dextrogyrate
gamma hydroxybutyrate
hydroxybutyrate
illustrate
inaccurate
incorporate
karate
laevogyrate
lyrate
moderate
operate
pirate

Synonyms and antonyms of gyrate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GYRATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gyrate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gyrate
circle · dance · move · pirouette · revolve · rotate · spin · spiral · twirl · twist · whirl · writhe

Translation of «gyrate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GYRATE

Find out the translation of gyrate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gyrate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gyrate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

回旋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gyrate
570 millions of speakers

English

gyrate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चक्राकार व्यवस्थित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التفافية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вращаться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gyrate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চক্রাকারে ঘোরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tournoyer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gyrate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kreiseln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

旋回する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

나선형의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gyrate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xoay quanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திருகு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उधळया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

döne döne gitmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

roteare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kręcić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обертатися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

se învârti
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιστρέφομαι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rond draai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gyrate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gyrate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gyrate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GYRATE»

The term «gyrate» is normally little used and occupies the 117.918 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of gyrate
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GYRATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gyrate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gyrate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gyrate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GYRATE»

Discover the use of gyrate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gyrate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ophthalmology
A practical diagnostic test for choroideremia. Ophthalmology. 1998;1 05:1 637-40 . 1 7. Simell O, Takki K. Raised plasma-ornithine and gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina. Lancet. 1973;ii:1031-3. 18. Sengers RCA,Trijbels JMF, Brusaart JH ...
Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker, James J. Augsburger, 2009
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Inborn Metabolic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment
Kennaway NG, Weleber RG, Buist NRM (1980) Gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina with hyperornithinemia: Biochemical and histologic studies and repsonse to vitamin B6. Am J Hum Genet 32:529 19. Hayasaka S, SaitoT, Nakajima H etal  ...
John Fernandes, Jean-Marie Saudubray, Georges van den Berghe, 2006
3
Clinical Pathways In Vitreoretinal Disease
FIGURE 7-3. Gyrate atrophy. Areas of circular, well-circumscribed regions of chorioretinal atrophy, which have coalesced in a whitish, "scalloped" pattern. ( Courtesy of Dr. Yozo Miyake and Dr. Koji Nishiguchi, Department of Ophthalmology, ...
Scott M. Steidl, Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, 2011
4
Clinical Guide to Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Only three of the numerous forms of RP syndromes are treatable, including abetalipoproteinemia, Ref sum's disease, and gyrate atrophy of the choroid. Abetalipoproteinemia, an autosomal recessive disorder of apoliprotein B- synthesis, leads ...
David A. Lee, Eve J. Higginbotham, 1999
5
Principles and Practice of Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision
Mashima Y, Murakami A, Weleber RG, et al: Nonsense-codon mutations of the ornithine aminotransferase gene with decreased levels of mutant mRNA in gyrate atrophy. Am J Hum Genet 1992; 51:81–91. 29. Mashima Y, Shiono T, Tamai M, ...
John R. Heckenlively, Geoffrey Bernard Arden, 2006
6
Roy and Fraunfelder's Current Ocular Therapy
At least two forms of gyrate atrophy with hyperornithinemia are known: a vitamin B6-nonresponsive form and a slightly milder vitamin B6 -responsive form. Only a small percentage of patients with gyrate atrophy are vitamin B6 responsive.
Frederick Hampton Roy, Frederick W. Fraunfelder, Frederick T. Fraunfelder, 2008
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Inborn Metabolic Diseases: Diagnosis and Treatment
(1985) Gyrate atrophy of choroid and retina complicated by vitreous hemorrhage. Jpn J Ophthalmol 29:170-176 [4] Valayannopoulos V, Boddaert N, Mention K et al. (2009) Secondary creatine deficiency in ornithine delta-aminotransferase ...
Jean-Marie Saudubray, Georges van den Berghe, John H. Walter, 2011
8
Retina
The natural history of gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina. Ophthalmology 1981;88:292-301. Simell O, Takki K. Raised plasma-ornithine and gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina. Lancet 1973;1:1031-3. Valle D, Walser M, Brusilow SW,  ...
Stephen J. Ryan, Andrew P. Schachat, Charles P. Wilkinson, 2012
9
Measuring Landscapes: A Planner's Handbook
GYRATE represents patch extensiveness, independent of patch area, although in real landscapes the two properties are often strongly correlated. As with many metrics, GYRATE does not directly quantify patch features that could be important  ...
Andre Botequilha Leitao, Joseph Miller, Jack Ahern, 2012
10
Gass' Atlas of Macular Diseases
Gyrate atrophy of the choroid is a rare recessively inherited chorioretinal dystrophy and inborn error of metabolism caused by a generalized deficiency of the mitochondrial matrix enzyme ornithine aminotransferase. Myopia and night blindness ...
Anita Agarwal, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GYRATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gyrate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Anywhere But Wing-Back For Sterling...
Love the sign beside Sterling "MIND YOUR HEAD". Sums up my thoughts exactly! see: http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/33247608. - gyrate. «Football365.com, Jul 15»
2
JC Chasez's “All Day Long I Dream About Sex” Music Video From …
Following the lyrics' lead, the music video is, to quote one of JC's Mickey Mouse Club costars, not that innocent: JC and two dancers gyrate on ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
3
Researchers identify zebra-like stripes of plasma in a patch of space
... to be a multiple, or harmonic, of a proton gyrofrequency — the frequency at which protons gyrate around the Earth's magnetic field line. «MIT News, Jul 15»
4
Magic Mike XXL: strip-teasing the feminists
Leading the guys downstairs, they gyrate for flabby singletons in one of the film's many choreographed strip scenes – which, if you're new to ... «Spiked, Jul 15»
5
On Human Equality and the Nonhuman
In Basil's video, African-American dancers gyrate as robotic-like machines, are titillated by knives, money, and basketballs, and way-find among ... «Brooklyn Rail, Jul 15»
6
From toadies to lotas
They could easily gyrate and change positions but would not tilt over like the plastic lotas available today in all sizes. Growing up in a Muslim ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
7
The Right-Left Crossfire and the Post Neo-Liberal Left
Downwardly mobile middle classes 'gyrate', looking for salvation from whichever classes can stabilize their position and prevent their ... «Axis of Logic, Jul 15»
8
David Masondo: Dancing into the beyond
They gyrate to the right, then to the left. Left-left, right- right. Their arms stretch out like the wings of birds that are about to take flight, quivering ... «Channel 24, Jul 15»
9
Sassy sells: Little Mix don't need to 'gyrate on the floor' to make fans …
Little Mix have said in an interview that they don't need to "act sexy" to sell music. "There's no need to do that kind of dancing," band member ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
10
Iron Ore Volatility at Record as China Stocks Gyrate
Iron ore's roller-coaster week, which saw back-to-back records set for a daily decline and rally, lifted volatility to an all-time high as prices were ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jul 15»

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