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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
rotate
/ɹəʊˈteɪt/
verb1 of 2
to move or turn around a central point
- “There's a rotating restaurant at the top of this tower.”Tatoeba
- “In flight, the airplane rotates about the center of gravity.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
adjective2 of 2
Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)