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Meaning of "revolving-door" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REVOLVING-DOOR

revolving-door  [rɪˈvɒlvɪŋ dɔː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REVOLVING-DOOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Revolving-Door is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES REVOLVING-DOOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

revolving-door

Revolving door

A revolving door typically consists of three or four doors that hang on a central shaft and rotate around a vertical axis within a cylindrical enclosure. Revolving doors are energy efficient as they prevent drafts, thus preventing increases in the heating or cooling required for the building. At the same time, revolving doors allow large numbers of people to pass in and out.

Definition of revolving-door in the English dictionary

The definition of revolving-door in the dictionary is changing personnel on a frequent basis.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REVOLVING-DOOR


adore
əˈdɔː
backdoor
ˌbækˈdɔː
commodore
ˈkɒməˌdɔː
comprador
ˌkɒmprəˈdɔː
condor
ˈkɒndɔː
corridor
ˈkɒrɪˌdɔː
daw
dɔː
door
dɔː
dor
dɔː
Ecuador
ˈɛkwəˌdɔː
humidor
ˈhjuːmɪˌdɔː
indoor
ˈɪnˌdɔː
Indore
ɪnˈdɔː
Labrador
ˈlæbrəˌdɔː
landau
ˈlændɔː
matador
ˈmætədɔː
mirador
ˌmɪrəˈdɔː
outdoor
ˈaʊtˈdɔː
Salvador
ˈsælvəˌdɔː
vendor
ˈvɛndɔː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REVOLVING-DOOR

revolutionary
Revolutionary calendar
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Wars
revolutioner
revolutionise
revolutionism
revolutionist
revolutionize
revolvable
revolvably
revolve
revolvency
revolver
revolving
revolving credit
revolving door
revolving fund
revolving presidency
revolvingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE REVOLVING-DOOR

a foot in the door
back door
closed-door
door to door
door-to-door
five-door
four-door
French door
front door
glass door
keep the wolf from the door
next door
open door
out-of-door
overhead door
passenger door
rear door
side door
three-door
two-door

Synonyms and antonyms of revolving-door in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «revolving-door» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REVOLVING-DOOR

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The translations of revolving-door from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «revolving-door» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

旋转门
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puerta giratoria
570 millions of speakers

English

revolving-door
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परिक्रामी दरवाजा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الباب الدوار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вращающаяся дверь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

revolving -door
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘূর্ণায়মান দরজা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

porte tournante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pusing-pintu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drehtür
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

回転ドア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회전 문
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Revolving-door
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quay cửa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுழலும் கதவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परिभ्रमण करणारा दरवाजा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

döner kapı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

revolving -door
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Drzwi obrotowe -
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обертається двері
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

revolving uși
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιστρεφόμενη πόρτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

draai -deur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

karuselldörr
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

roterende dør
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of revolving-door

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REVOLVING-DOOR»

The term «revolving-door» is regularly used and occupies the 68.113 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REVOLVING-DOOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about revolving-door

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REVOLVING-DOOR»

Discover the use of revolving-door in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to revolving-door and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Illusions of a revolving door: plays, teatro
An anthology of Pedro Pietri's theater compiled & prologued by Alfredo Matilla. In this collection Pietri gives the reader & literature scholars a broad sample of the tendencies & styles which identify him.
Pedro Pietri, Alfredo Matilla Rivas, 1992
2
Buyers, Renters & Freeloaders: Turning Revolving-Door ...
Profiles three types of relationship participants including those who view relationships as temporary, those who are unwilling to put effort into a relationship, and those who are ideal partners, outlining steps on how to negotiate for ...
Willard F. Harley, Jr., 2002
3
Stuck in a Revolving Door: Iraqis and Other Asylum Seekers ...
Iraqis and Other Asylum Seekers and Migrants at the Greece/Turkey Entrance to the European Union Bill Frelick. IV. Background The Geography of Migration: the Greek Gateway to the EU Routes of irregular migration are constantly shifting; ...
Bill Frelick, 2008
4
Poverty's revolving door
Census. • Whites were another group that fared well — over one-quarter (26 percent) who were poor in 1991 were not poor the next year. By comparison, 13 percent of Blacks and a similar proportion of SB/95-20 Issued August 1995 U.S. ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1995
5
Stop the Church’s Revolving Door
to facilitate the building of authentic personal relationships so that fewer church members become inactive through the revolving door. Establishing new churches can help increase the number of people attending and/or joining the UMC, but ...
Richard M. Wright, 2011
6
The revolving door of poverty
BUREAU. OF. THE. CENSUS. The. Revolving. Door. of. Poverty. Characteristics of persons who became poor in 1985 Percent Note: These poverty entry rates were computing by dividing the number of persons who were poor in 1985 but not ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1990
7
Teen Mothers and the Revolving Welfare Door
Moreover, the instability in the cycler's young family life carried over to her working career, which experienced substantial job instability, causing the female head to move in and out of welfare dependency like a revolving door, alternating  ...
Kathleen Mullan Harris, Frank F. Furstenberg, 1997
8
Developing Solid Oral Dosage Forms: Pharmaceutical Theory & ...
The revolving door theory was proposed more recently, and hypothesizes that efficient coupling of the conjugating enzymes (UGTs) and efflux transporters enables both enterohepatic recycling and enteric recycling processes.2 Therefore, ...
Yihong Qiu, Yisheng Chen, Geoff G.Z. Zhang, 2009
9
The Law of Occupation: Continuity and Change of ...
Rebels and the “Revolving Door” Scenario It may be proposed that international human rights law should be more extensively applied to NIAC situations than in the case of IAC to enable this body of law to fill a normative gap left by IHL rules ...
Yutaka Arai, 2009
10
Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction
LOUIS TORONTO We manufacture the Van Kan n el Standard Style C Revolving Door; Van Kan- nel Automatic, Collapsible, Panic- Proof Revolving Door; Van Kannel 3-Wing Revolving Door; Van Kannel 6-Wing Revolving Door; Van Kannel  ...
‎1911

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REVOLVING-DOOR»

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Revolving Door: From Top Futures Regulator to Top Futures Lobbyist
While America focused on New Hampshire, a classic example of revolving-door politics took place in Washington, going almost completely unnoticed. «RollingStone.com, Jan 12»

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