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revolve about — verb center upon (Freq. 2) Her entire attention centered on her children Our day revolved around our work • Syn: ↑focus on, ↑center on, ↑revolve around, ↑concentrate on, ↑center … Useful english dictionary
revolve about/around — move in a circular orbit around. → revolve … English new terms dictionary
revolve — ► VERB 1) move in a circle on a central axis. 2) (revolve about/around) move in a circular orbit around. 3) (revolve around) treat as the most important point or element. ORIGIN Latin revolvere roll back … English terms dictionary
revolve around — verb 1. center upon (Freq. 2) Her entire attention centered on her children Our day revolved around our work • Syn: ↑focus on, ↑center on, ↑revolve about, ↑concentrate on, ↑center … Useful english dictionary
revolve — v. (D; intr.) to revolve about, around, round (the earth revolves around the sun) * * * [rɪ vɒlv] around round (the earth revolves around the sun) (D; intr.) to revolve about … Combinatory dictionary
revolve — verb 1》 move in a circle on a central axis. ↘(revolve about/around) move in a circular orbit around. 2》 (revolve around) treat as the most important aspect or element: her life revolved around her children. 3》 consider repeatedly and from… … English new terms dictionary
revolve — [v1] turn, circle circumduct, go around, gyrate, gyre, orbit, roll, rotate, spin, turn around, twist, wheel, whirl; concepts 147,738 revolve [v2] think about consider, deliberate, meditate, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, roll, ruminate, study … New thesaurus
revolve — [ri välv′, rivôlv′] vt. revolved, revolving [ME revolven < L revolvere < re , back + volvere, to roll: see WALK] 1. to turn over in the mind; reflect on 2. to cause to travel in a circle or orbit 3. to cause to rotate, or spin around an… … English World dictionary
revolve — [[t]rɪvɒ̱lv[/t]] revolves, revolving, revolved 1) VERB If you say that one thing revolves around another thing, you mean that the second thing is the main feature or focus of the first thing. [V around n] Since childhood, her life has revolved… … English dictionary
revolve — Synonyms and related words: alternate, be here again, brood over, chaw, chew over, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circulation, circumambulate, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumrotate, circumvent, circumvolute, circumvolution, close… … Moby Thesaurus
revolve — revolvable, adj. revolvably, adv. /ri volv /, v., revolved, revolving. v.i. 1. to move in a circular or curving course or orbit: The earth revolves around the sun. 2. to turn around or rotate, as on an axis: The wheel revolves slowly. 3. to… … Universalium
