Meaning of "rotate" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF ROTATE

rotate  [rəʊˈteɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROTATE

Rotate 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 rotate in English.

WHAT DOES ROTATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rotation

A rotation is a circular movement of an object around a center of rotation. A three-dimensional object always rotates around an imaginary line called a rotation axis. If the axis is within the body, and passes through its center of mass the body is said to rotate upon itself, or spin. A rotation about an external point, e.g. the Earth about the Sun, is called a revolution or orbital revolution, typically when it is produced by gravity.

Definition of rotate in the English dictionary

The first definition of rotate in the dictionary is to turn or cause to turn around an axis, line, or point; revolve or spin. Other definition of rotate is to follow or cause to follow a set order or sequence. Rotate is also to pass in turn from one eligible party to each of the other eligible parties.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ROTATE

PRESENT

Present

I rotate

you rotate

he/she/it rotates

we rotate

you rotate

they rotate

Present continuous

I am rotating

you are rotating

he/she/it is rotating

we are rotating

you are rotating

they are rotating

Present perfect

I have rotated

you have rotated

he/she/it has rotated

we have rotated

you have rotated

they have rotated

Present perfect continuous

I have been rotating

you have been rotating

he/she/it has been rotating

we have been rotating

you have been rotating

they have been rotating

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 rotated

you rotated

he/she/it rotated

we rotated

you rotated

they rotated

Past continuous

I was rotating

you were rotating

he/she/it was rotating

we were rotating

you were rotating

they were rotating

Past perfect

I had rotated

you had rotated

he/she/it had rotated

we had rotated

you had rotated

they had rotated

Past perfect continuous

I had been rotating

you had been rotating

he/she/it had been rotating

we had been rotating

you had been rotating

they had been rotating

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will rotate

you will rotate

he/she/it will rotate

we will rotate

you will rotate

they will rotate

Future continuous

I will be rotating

you will be rotating

he/she/it will be rotating

we will be rotating

you will be rotating

they will be rotating

Future perfect

I will have rotated

you will have rotated

he/she/it will have rotated

we will have rotated

you will have rotated

they will have rotated

Future perfect continuous

I will have been rotating

you will have been rotating

he/she/it will have been rotating

we will have been rotating

you will have been rotating

they will have been rotating

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would rotate

you would rotate

he/she/it would rotate

we would rotate

you would rotate

they would rotate

Conditional continuous

I would be rotating

you would be rotating

he/she/it would be rotating

we would be rotating

you would be rotating

they would be rotating

Conditional perfect

I would have rotate

you would have rotate

he/she/it would have rotate

we would have rotate

you would have rotate

they would have rotate

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been rotating

you would have been rotating

he/she/it would have been rotating

we would have been rotating

you would have been rotating

they would have been rotating

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you rotate
we let´s rotate
you rotate

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to rotate

Past participle

rotated

Present Participle

rotating

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.

SYNONYMS OF «ROTATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rotate» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of rotate

alternate · go round · gyrate · interchange · pirouette · pivot · reel · revolve · spin · switch · swivel · turn · wheel

TRANSLATION OF ROTATE

Find out the translation of rotate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 旋转
• Translator English - Spanish: girar
• English: rotate
• Translator English - Hindi: बारी बारी से
• Translator English - Arabic: تدوير
• Translator English - Russian: вращаться
• Translator English - Portuguese: dar voltas em
• Translator English - Bengali: আবর্তিত
• Translator English - French: tourner
• Translator English - Malay: Berputar
• Translator English - German: rotieren
• Translator English - Japanese: 回転させる/回転する
• Translator English - Korean: 회전하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Rotate
• Translator English - Vietnamese: quay
• Translator English - Tamil: சுழற்ற
• Translator English - Marathi: फिरवा
• Translator English - Turkish: döndürmek
• Translator English - Italian: ruotare
• Translator English - Polish: obracać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: обертатися
• Translator English - Romanian: roti
• Translator English - Greek: περιστροφή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: draai
• Translator English - Swedish: rotera
• Translator English - Norwegian: rotere

8 QUOTES WITH «ROTATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rotate.

1

Robert Barany

Even such an obvious idea as to observe an animal with vertigo or to rotate an animal did not occur to him, in spite of the fact that he conducted numerous vertigo experiments with human subjects and made frequent use of animal experiments.

2

Michael Berryman

We all live on the same planet, it is our only home, so... we used to rotate crops back in the day and, you know, who cares if you're going to make a profit if everybody's too dead or glowing in the dark to be able to purchase anything.

3

Candace Bushnell

I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater.

4

Patrick Duffy

I do all the cooking in our family. I'm a utilitarian cook, rather than an adventurous one - I only have about 15 recipes in my repertoire that I rotate - but I love being able to go down to the river and catch a 30 lb. salmon, then grill it on the barbecue.

5

Catherine Hicks

My parents were part of the Christian Family Movement, where we would have Masses said in our home and rotate with other families. I recall priests coming to our home and saying Mass in our living room. Catholicism was really woven through so much.

6

Niecy Nash

Celebrate your child's achievement, then rotate it when the next mini-masterpiece comes along. Then chuck the old picture. Don't worry that you're throwing away a memory. Your children will remember your praise more than they will remember the picture with macaroni and glitter glued on it.

7

Robert Shea

One simple way to keep organizations from becoming cancerous might be to rotate all jobs on a regular, frequent and mandatory basis, including the leadership positions.

8

Charlyne Yi

I have ADD or something. Even when I am doing something, it's me on the computer, I'm painting and I'm writing music. I have to rotate what I'm doing every 15 minutes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROTATE»

Discover the use of rotate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rotate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

V1-Rotate: An Action Novel about Airplanes and the People ...

"Gateway 329 heavy, you're cleared into position runway 30, cleared for takeoff.

Russell L. Meek, 2010

Office 2008 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual: The Missing ...

Pictures and clip art arrive on your page ready to rotate—simply drag the green handle that extends from the top of their selection box. Alternatively, double-click the picture or clip art to open the Format Picture window. Click Size in the list and  ...

Jim Elferdink, 2008

Revolving Architecture: A History of Buildings That Rotate, ...

The follow-up to his critically acclaimed book A-frame, Chad Randl's Revolving Architecture: A History of Buildings that Rotate, Swivel, and Pivot explores the history of this unique building type, investigating the cultural forces that ...

Chad Randl, 2008

Implementation of a Magnetic Device to Rotate a Stent

To rotate a stent in the vessel the frictional force between the vessel wall and the catheter must be overcome. One possible way is to use a homogenous outer magnetic field and a magnetic device connected to the catheter. The outer magnetic ...

Esther Florin, 2006

Maya Manual

This may not be much use, but it could mean that if you draw your skeleton in the side view, then all the joints will all rotate about the Y axis in the same manner which brings us to an extremely important point about animating using the rotate  ...

Dan Lavender, 2003

AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013 Bible

If your design changes or you drew at an incorrect angle, you may need to rotate one or more objects. You can easily rotate an object or objects around a base point that you specify. The base point is usually an object snap point on the object.

Ellen Finkelstein, 2012

Show Me Microsoft Office Excel 2003

Rotating and Flipping an Object XL03E 2-3 Rotate an Object to Any Angle Click the object you want to rotate. Click the Draw button on the Drawing toolbar, point to Rotate Or Flip, and then click Free Rotate. Drag a handle to rotate the object.

Steve Johnson, 2003

Using Adobe Illustrator 10

Rotate By default, the Display Preview Bounds box is unchecked in Illustrator's General Preferences. While this box is unchecked, any object to which an effect has been applied may not be accurately reflected in the Transform palette.

Peter Bauer, 2002

Harnessing MicroStation V8I

Chapter 4 ' Fundamentals III 163 To rotate an element by the Active Angle, invoke the Rotate Element tool from: Tasks dialog with Main Select the Rotate tool. In the Tool Settings window, select task tools displayed Active Angle from the ...

G.V. Krishnan, James Taylor, 2010

iPhoto 09 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

Ifyou've turned your camera to switch from landscape view (horizontal) to portrait view (vertical), you may need to rotate the image in iPhoto to view it right side up. Ways to rotate photos: ◇ In organize or edit mode, to rotate one or more photos ...

Adam Engst, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROTATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rotate is used in the context of the following news items.

Nordson ASYMTEK's Programmable Tilt + Rotate Uses 5 Axes for …

The Programmable Tilt + Rotate feature enables the user to determine the height of the die ... “Nordson ASYMTEK's new Programmable Tilt + Rotate 5-Axis Fluid ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»

Lovebirds Can Rotate Their Heads at Lightning Fast Speeds

High-speed flight recordings of lovebirds making quick in flight turns reveal how these birds improve sight and shorten blur by rotating their head at speeds of up ... «Sci-News.com, Jun 15»

Rotate Black Provides Shareholder Update

PETOSKEY, Mich., June 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rotate Black, Inc., (OTC:ROBK) a premier gaming and resort developer, is delivering on its ... «GlobeNewswire, Jun 15»

Dollar Rally Is Over, Time To Rotate Into Multinationals, Commodities

But as the dollar reverses its rise, it is time for us to rotate back into multinationals, whose sales can be boosted by weaker dollar, as well as commodities, which ... «Barron's, Apr 15»

Rotate Black Announces Completion of Reverse Stock Split

PETOSKEY, Mich., April 27, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rotate Black, Inc. (OTC:ROBK) announces the completion of it's 1 for 10 reverse stock split and its ... «GlobeNewswire, Apr 15»

Rotate Black says it will open a Gulfport casino in 2016

These drawings show what developers envisioned for Hemingway Casino when the plan was first announced in 2012. (Image source: Rotate Black) ... «WLOX, Mar 15»

British Masters Returns, Top English Players Rotate as Host

Ian Poulter, Luke Donald, Justin Rose and Lee Westwood will rotate as tournament host, with Poulter taking this year's British Masters to Woburn from Oct. 8-11. «New York Times, Mar 15»

Does the iPhone 6 home screen / SpringBoard rotate?

On the iPhone 6 Plus, the SpringBoard enters landscape mode when the device is turned on its side. This results in app icons rotating and the iOS dock moving ... «iPhone FAQ, Feb 15»

Veteran Pavelec, rookie Hutchinson happy to rotate starts for Jets

The Winnipeg Jets goaltenders have been rotating starts for the past 12 games, and there are no plans right now to end the two-starter approach. After the ... «NHL.com, Dec 14»

Rotate Black focused again on Gulfport casino project

Is Rotate Black ready to place another bet on Gulfport? According to papers filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the developers of the ... «WLOX, Dec 14»