Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rotate
Participle: rotated
Gerund: rotating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rotate |
| you | rotate |
| he;she;it | rotates |
| we | rotate |
| you | rotate |
| they | rotate |
Perfect
| I | have rotated |
| you | have rotated |
| he;she;it | has rotated |
| we | have rotated |
| you | have rotated |
| they | have rotated |
Past
| I | rotated |
| you | rotated |
| he;she;it | rotated |
| we | rotated |
| you | rotated |
| they | rotated |
Pluperfect
| I | had rotated |
| you | had rotated |
| he;she;it | had rotated |
| we | had rotated |
| you | had rotated |
| they | had rotated |
Future
| I | will rotate |
| you | will rotate |
| he;she;it | will rotate |
| we | will rotate |
| you | will rotate |
| they | will rotate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rotated |
| you | will have rotated |
| he;she;it | will have rotated |
| we | will have rotated |
| you | will have rotated |
| they | will have rotated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rotate |
| you | rotate |
| he;she;it | rotate |
| we | rotate |
| you | rotate |
| they | rotate |
Perfect
| I | have rotated |
| you | have rotated |
| he;she;it | have rotated |
| we | have rotated |
| you | have rotated |
| they | have rotated |
Imperfect
| I | rotated |
| you | rotated |
| he;she;it | rotated |
| we | rotated |
| you | rotated |
| they | rotated |
Pluperfect
| I | had rotated |
| you | had rotated |
| he;she;it | had rotated |
| we | had rotated |
| you | had rotated |
| they | had rotated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rotate |
| you | would rotate |
| he;she;it | would rotate |
| we | would rotate |
| you | would rotate |
| they | would rotate |
Perfect
| I | would have rotated |
| you | would have rotated |
| he;she;it | would have rotated |
| we | would have rotated |
| you | would have rotated |
| they | would have rotated |
Imperative
| you | rotate |
| we | Let's rotate |
| you | rotate |
Verbs conjugated like 'rotate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rotate'
notate,
aptate,
bromate,
corotate,
derotate,
donate,
erogate,
estate,
iodate,
locate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rotātus, perfect passive participle of rotō (“revolve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from rota (“wheel”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Verbs referencing "rotate"
Spanish
rotar, Spanish
rodar, Finnish with old forms
rotatoida.
Sample Sentences
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He rotated in his chair to face me.
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The earth rotates.
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The nurses' shifts rotate each week.
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The aircraft rotates at sixty knots.
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Rotate the dial to the left.
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I've always admired the Japanese point of view that holds it best not to have a great number of objects around at one time but to rotate possessions — and display them with great simplicity. [1975, “Architectural Digest”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 32, page 112:]
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The supermarket rotates the stock daily so that old foods don't sit around.