rotate
verb (used with object)
to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
rotates
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present tense formof rotate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes is a job for the World Meteorological Organization, which rotates them out every six years and retires them after a given storm causes too much destruction.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Stars in a very close binary can become tidally locked, meaning each star rotates on its axis at the same rate that the pair orbits one another.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The LRO, in service since 2009, circles the Moon from pole to pole every two hours while the Moon rotates underneath it.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s about the fact that the Lotus’s polar axis runs exactly through the driver’s inboard hip, so that the machine rotates around them and not some invisible pivot point, just off-center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Guessing I did by the way Jupiter rotates in her chair with her eyebrows raised, and Courtney continues to stare at the TV but blinks rapidly for a few seconds before clearing his throat.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
