Rotations - English meaning

noun

The repeated occurrence of two things in turn.

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The regular alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables

adjective

Moving in a circle; revolving.

Usage examples:

A circling helicopter

verb

Move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once.

Usage examples:

They were circling athens airport

verb

Present participle of circle

Usage examples:

The plane circled for an hour before receiving permission to land., security staff circled the grou…

noun

A series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.

Usage examples:

The recurrent cycle of harvest failure, food shortages, and price increases

verb

Ride a bicycle.

Usage examples:

She cycled to work every day

noun

A rapid movement in a circle or spiral; a whirling motion.

Usage examples:

The gyrations of the dancers' arms and legs

noun

The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

Usage examples:

The earth's orbit around the sun

verb

(of a celestial object or spacecraft) move in orbit round (a star or planet).

Usage examples:

Mercury orbits the sun

noun

The curved path through which objects in space move around a planet or star that has gravity (= a pulling force)

noun

A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system.

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The country has had a socialist revolution

noun

A sudden and great change, esp. the violent change of a system of government

Usage examples:

[ u ] the country seems to be heading toward revolution., [ c ] the discovery of penicillin produce…

noun

A big change or improvement in the way that something works or looks, or in the way that people do a particular activity

Usage examples:

A revolution in sth facing up to climate change requires a revolution in business thinking., an eco…

verb

Move in a circle on a central axis.

Usage examples:

Overhead, the fan revolved slowly

adjective

Used to refer to something that revolves (= moves around a central point)

Usage examples:

A revolving bookcase

noun

A particular order in which related things follow each other.

Usage examples:

The content of the programme should follow a logical sequence

verb

Arrange in a particular order.

Usage examples:

Trainee librarians decide how a set of misfiled cards could be sequenced

noun

A series of related things or events, or the order in which things or events follow each other

Usage examples:

[ c ] the first chapter describes the strange sequence of events that led to his death., [ c ] the …

verb

Turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly.

Usage examples:

The girl spun round in alarm

noun

A rapid turning or whirling motion.

Usage examples:

He concluded the dance with a double spin

verb

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

noun

The action or process of spinning; the conversion of fibres into yarn.

Usage examples:

In fine weather spinning was done out of doors

noun

An intense form of aerobic exercise performed on stationary exercise bikes and led by an instructor who sets the constantly varying pace.

Usage examples:

She teaches new techniques, including spinning and body pump, which combines choreographed aerobics…

verb

Turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly.

Usage examples:

The girl spun round in alarm

noun

A number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other.

Usage examples:

She had been secretary to a succession of board directors

noun

A series of things coming one after another

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[ c ] a succession of scandals, [ u ] in rapid succession he lost his job, his wife, and his health…

noun

A number of similar people or events that exist or happen one after another

Usage examples:

A succession of sth the company has been involved in a succession of accounting scandals., they emp…

verb

Turn around a point or axis or on a swivel.

Usage examples:

He swivelled in the chair

noun

A coupling between two parts enabling one to revolve without turning the other.

Usage examples:

Patented swivel axle keeps all three wheels on the ground even on sharp turns.

noun

A coupling between two parts enabling one to revolve without turning the other.

Usage examples:

Patented swivel axle keeps all three wheels on the ground even on sharp turns.

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

noun

A place where a road branches off from another.

Usage examples:

Take the first turning on the right

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

A place, especially a road, track, or path, where you can leave the road you are on

Usage examples:

Take the third turning on the left after the traffic lights.

verb

Spin quickly and lightly round, especially repeatedly.

Usage examples:

She twirled in delight to show off her new dress

noun

An act of spinning.

Usage examples:

Kate did a twirl in front of the mirror

noun

The action or skill of spinning a baton

verb

Push or pull (a vehicle with wheels).

Usage examples:

Luke was wheeling a barrow

noun

A circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground.

Usage examples:

A chair on wheels

noun

A machine or structure having a wheel as its essential part.

Usage examples:

His crew know when he wants to take the wheel

verb

Move or cause to move rapidly round and round.

Usage examples:

Leaves whirled in eddies of wind

noun

A rapid movement round and round.

Usage examples:

The tempestuous whirl of circum-antarctic waters is also responsible for their being among the most…

verb

The shape of something rotating rapidly

adjective

Characterized by rapid movement round and round.

Usage examples:

Whirling propellers

verb

Move or cause to move rapidly round and round.

Usage examples:

Leaves whirled in eddies of wind

verb

Present participle of whirl

Usage examples:

She saw a mass of bodies whirling around on the dance floor., he stepped out into the night and the…