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re·volve

(rĭ-vŏlv′)

v. re·volved, re·volv·ing, re·volves

v.intr.

1. To orbit a central point: The planets revolve around the sun.

2. To turn on an axis; rotate. See Synonyms at turn.

3. To be arranged as revolving credit: His credit line revolves.

4. To be centered: Their troubles revolve around money management.

v.tr.

1. To cause to revolve.

2. To ponder or reflect on: revolved the matter in his mind.

[Middle English revolven, to change direction, from Old French revolver, to reflect upon, from Latin revolvere, to turn over, roll back, reflect upon : re-, re- + volvere, to roll; see wel- in Indo-European roots.]

re·volv′a·ble adj.

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revolve

(rɪˈvɒlv)

1. to move or cause to move around a centre or axis; rotate

2. (intr) to occur periodically or in cycles

3. to consider or be considered

4. (intr; foll by around or about) to be centred or focused (upon): Juliet's thoughts revolved around Romeo.

(Theatre) theatre a circular section of a stage that can be rotated by electric power to provide a scene change

[C14: from Latin revolvere, from re- + volvere to roll, wind]

reˈvolvable adj

reˈvolvably adv

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re•volve

(rɪˈvɒlv)

v. -volved, -volv•ing. v.i.

1. to move in a curving course or orbit: The earth revolves around the sun.

2. to turn around or rotate, as on an axis: The wheel revolved slowly.

3. to focus or center.

4. to proceed or occur in a round or cycle; recur.

5. to be turned over in the mind.

v.t.

6. to cause to turn around, as on an axis.

7. to cause to move in a circular or curving course, as about a central point.

8. to turn over in the mind; consider; ponder.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin revolvere to roll back =re- re- + volvere to roll, turn round]

re•volv′a•ble, adj.

revolve

Past participle: revolved
Gerund: revolving

Imperative
revolve
revolve

Present
I revolve
you revolve
he/she/it revolves
we revolve
you revolve
they revolve

Preterite
I revolved
you revolved
he/she/it revolved
we revolved
you revolved
they revolved

Present Continuous
I am revolving
you are revolving
he/she/it is revolving
we are revolving
you are revolving
they are revolving

Present Perfect
I have revolved
you have revolved
he/she/it has revolved
we have revolved
you have revolved
they have revolved

Past Continuous
I was revolving
you were revolving
he/she/it was revolving
we were revolving
you were revolving
they were revolving

Past Perfect
I had revolved
you had revolved
he/she/it had revolved
we had revolved
you had revolved
they had revolved

Future
I will revolve
you will revolve
he/she/it will revolve
we will revolve
you will revolve
they will revolve

Future Perfect
I will have revolved
you will have revolved
he/she/it will have revolved
we will have revolved
you will have revolved
they will have revolved

Future Continuous
I will be revolving
you will be revolving
he/she/it will be revolving
we will be revolving
you will be revolving
they will be revolving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been revolving
you have been revolving
he/she/it has been revolving
we have been revolving
you have been revolving
they have been revolving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been revolving
you will have been revolving
he/she/it will have been revolving
we will have been revolving
you will have been revolving
they will have been revolving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been revolving
you had been revolving
he/she/it had been revolving
we had been revolving
you had been revolving
they had been revolving

Conditional
I would revolve
you would revolve
he/she/it would revolve
we would revolve
you would revolve
they would revolve

Past Conditional
I would have revolved
you would have revolved
he/she/it would have revolved
we would have revolved
you would have revolved
they would have revolved

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

revolve - turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"

drive in, screw - cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; "drive in screws or bolts"

screw - turn like a screw

circumvolve, rotate - cause to turn on an axis or center; "Rotate the handle"

wheel, wheel around - change directions as if revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled their horses around and left"

spin, spin around, gyrate, reel, whirl - revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirl - turn in a twisting or spinning motion; "The leaves swirled in the autumn wind"

turn - move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"

revolve - move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"

retrograde - move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

revolve - cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis; "She rolled the ball"; "They rolled their eyes at his words"

move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

roll, turn over - move by turning over or rotating; "The child rolled down the hill"; "turn over on your left side"

transit - revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction

revolve

verb

4. consider, study, reflect, think about, deliberate, ponder, turn over (in your mind), meditate, mull over, think over, ruminate He revolved the new notion dizzily in his mind.

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revolve

verb

1. To move or cause to move in circles or around an axis:

2. To think or think about carefully and at length:

chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over, weigh.

Translations

يَدورُ حَوْل

otáčet se

rotere

kiertääpohtiapyöriä

snúast um

revolverissukamas

griezties

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revolve

[rɪˈvɒlv] vi → tourner

revolve around

revolve round vt fus

revolve

vi → sich drehen; to revolve on an axis/around the sun → sich um eine Achse/um die Sonne drehen; he thinks everything revolves around him (fig) → er glaubt, alles drehe sich nur um ihn

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revolve

(rəˈvolv) verb

to move, roll or turn (in a complete circle) around a central point, axis etc. A wheel revolves on its axle; This disc can be revolved; The Moon revolves (a)round the Earth; The Earth revolves about the Sun and also revolves on its axis.

reˈvolver noun

a type of pistol. She shot him with a revolver.

reˈvolving adjective

revolving doors.