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# rotate

«rotate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To turn around a centre or a point; to spin: The Earth…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (rotate, rotates, rotated, rotating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To turn around a centre or a point; to spin: The Earth rotates once a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/#m1)

2) (maths) To turn a shape around a fixed point by a certain angle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/#m2)

3) To take turns or change places in a regular order: Players rotate positions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/#m3)

4) (farming) To grow different crops in a field in different seasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons, rotate a shape 90° clockwise or anticlockwise about a point; the shape keeps its size. In science, Earth rotates on its axis, giving day and night. In PE, teams rotate positions; in safety, tyres are rotated. Phrases: «rotate clockwise», «rotate 90 degrees», «rotate about a point», «on a rotating basis».

### examples

- Rotate the triangle 90° clockwise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/#x1)
- The Earth rotates once every 24 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/#x2)
- A wheel rotates around its axle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/#x3)
- Players rotate every 10 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/#x4)
- If a wheel rotates 3 times a second, how many turns in a minute? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/#x5)
- Rotate the square a quarter turn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/#x6)
- Farmers rotate crops to keep the soil healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: rotated. Noun: rotation. A full rotation = 360°, half = 180°, quarter = 90°. UK says anticlockwise; US says counterclockwise. Rotate (spin on its own axis) ≠ revolve (go around something else).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rotate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rotate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.