/ rəʊˈteɪt; NAmE ˈroʊteɪt/ verb
1.
rotate (about / around sth) to move or turn around a central fixed point; to make sth do this :
[ v ]
Stay well away from the helicopter when its blades start to rotate.
[ vn ]
Rotate the wheel through 180 degrees.
2.
if a job rotates , or if people rotate a job, they regularly change the job or regularly change who does the job :
[ v ]
The EU presidency rotates among the members.
When I joined the company, I rotated around the different sections.
[ vn ]
We rotate the night shift so no one has to do it all the time.
► ro·tat·ing adjective [ only before noun ]:
rotating parts
a rotating presidency
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WORD ORIGIN
late 17th cent.: from Latin rotat- turned in a circle, from the verb rotare , from rota wheel.