gravitate
verb/ˈɡrævɪteɪt/
/ˈɡrævɪteɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gravitate | /ˈɡrævɪteɪt/ /ˈɡrævɪteɪt/ |
| he / she / it gravitates | /ˈɡrævɪteɪts/ /ˈɡrævɪteɪts/ |
| past simple gravitated | /ˈɡrævɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈɡrævɪteɪtɪd/ |
| past participle gravitated | /ˈɡrævɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈɡrævɪteɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form gravitating | /ˈɡrævɪteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɡrævɪteɪtɪŋ/ |
- (formal) to move towards somebody/something that you are attracted to
- gravitate to/towards somebody/something Many young people gravitate to the cities in search of work.
- gravitate around somebody/something The team gravitates around Marquez, who is a natural leader.
- (physics) to move towards a centre of gravity or another force that attracts things
- gravitate to/towards something Small particles called electrons gravitate to the conducting material.
- gravitate around something a black hole around which huge amounts of matter gravitate
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from modern Latin gravitat-, from the verb gravitare, from Latin gravitas ‘weight’.
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