Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)To cause (something) to turn around a central point.

    turn on or around an axis or a center

  2. (intransitive)To orbit a central point (especially of a celestial body).

    The Earth revolves around the sun.

    sich drehen

    верте́тьсяvertétʹsja, крути́тьсяkrutítʹsja, враща́тьсяvraščátʹsja

    move in an orbit

  3. (intransitive)To rotate around an axis.

    The Earth revolves once every twenty-four hours.

    sich drehen

    враща́тьсяvraščátʹsja

  4. (intransitive)To move in order or sequence.

    The program revolves through all the queues before returning to the start.

    повторя́тьсяpovtorjátʹsja

  5. (archaic, transitive)To bring back into a particular place or condition; to restore.

  6. (archaic, transitive)To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.

    обду́мыватьobdúmyvatʹ

  7. (obsolete, transitive)To read through, to study (a book, author etc.).

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

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. The planets revolve around the sun.

    ruПланеты вращаются вокруг Солнца. — marafon

    deDie Planeten umkreisen die Sonne. — xtofu80

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Tom thinks the sun revolves around the earth.

    ruТом думает, что Солнце вращается вокруг Земли. — sharptoothed

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  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

    Spamster · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to orbit a central point:
to recur in cycles:
to ponder on:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to orbit a central point:

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.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

revolves, revolving, revolved, revolved
Base formrevolve · to revolve
3rd person singularrevolves
Present participlerevolving
Past simplerevolved
Past participlerevolved

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrevolve
he, she, itrevolves

Past simpleLesson

all personsrevolved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave revolved
he, she, ithas revolved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill revolve

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • turn on or around an axis or a center:go aroundrotate
  • cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis:roll
  • move in an orbit:orborbit

Word family

7 related words
RelatedrevolutionB2
Derivedrevolvablerevolve aroundrevolvementrevolvencyrevolverunrevolved

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
revolutionB2revolutionaryB2revolutionizeB2revolverrevulsionC2rewardB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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