- 1[intransitive, transitive] to move or turn around a central fixed point; to make something do this Stay well away from the helicopter when its blades start to rotate. rotate about/around something winds rotating around the eye of a hurricane rotate something Rotate the wheel through 180 degrees.
- 2[intransitive, transitive] if a job rotates, or if people rotate a job, they regularly change the job or regularly change who does the job (+ adv./prep.) The presidency rotates among the members. When I joined the company, I rotated around the different departments. rotate something We rotate the night shift so no one has to do it all the time.
rotate
verbNAmE//ˈroʊteɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they rotate he / she / it rotates
past simple rotated
-ing form rotating
adjective [only before noun] rotating parts a rotating presidencySee rotate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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