REVOLVE


Meaning of REVOLVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈvälv, -ˈvȯlv also ]

-ˈväv or -ˈvȯv verb

( re·volved ; re·volv·ing )

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin revolvere to roll back, cause to return, from re- + volvere to roll — more at voluble

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1. : to turn over at length in the mind : ponder

revolve a scheme

2.

a. obsolete : to cause to go round in an orbit

b. : rotate 1

intransitive verb

1. : recur

2.

a. : to ponder something

b. : to remain under consideration

ideas revolved in his mind

3.

a. : to move in a curved path round a center or axis

b. : to turn or roll round on an axis

4. : to have or come to a specified focus : center — usually used with around

the dispute revolved around wages

• re·volv·able -ˈväl-və-bəl, -ˈvȯl- also -ˈvä-və- or -ˈvȯ-və- adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.