Meaning

3 senses

  1. The rotation of part of the scenery within a theatrical production.

  2. The rotating section itself.

  3. (obsolete)A radical change; revolution.

Examples

83 sentences

  1. The world doesn't revolve around you.

    Світ не крутиться довкола тебе. — zinova

    ruМир не вертится вокруг тебя. — JeNNeR

    deDie Welt dreht sich nicht um dich. — MUIRIEL

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  2. The planets revolve around the sun.

    ruПланеты вращаются вокруг Солнца. — marafon

    deDie Planeten umkreisen die Sonne. — xtofu80

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  3. Tom thinks the sun revolves around the earth.

    ruТом думает, что Солнце вращается вокруг Земли. — sharptoothed

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  4. Tom walked through the revolving door into the hotel lobby.

    deTom betrat durch die Drehtür die Empfangshalle des Hotels. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Tom thinks that the sun revolves around the earth.

    ruТом думает, что Солнце вращается вокруг Земли. — sharptoothed

    deTom glaubt, dass sich die Sonne um die Erde dreht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Middle English revolven (“to change direction”), borrowed from Old French revolver (“

From Middle English revolven (“to change direction”), borrowed from Old French revolver (“to reflect upon”), from Latin revolvere (“turn over, roll back, reflect upon”), from re- (“back”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volve.

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Forms

plural: revolves
Singularrevolve
Pluralrevolves

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
revolutionB2revolutionaryB2revolutionizeB2revolverrevulsionC2rewardB1
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