revolved; revolving
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
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
Synonyms
Examples of revolve in a Sentence
As the gear revolves, it turns the other gears.
The Earth revolves on its axis.
The software allows you to revolve images.
Recent Examples on the Web
The fashionable production by Simon Stone is cleverly devised on a revolving stage.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Neither of you has student loans or revolving credit card debt.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
This has alarmed local organizers and given them reason to doubt his commitment to TNT, particularly to the work of building the community care corps around which TNT revolves.
—Raeghn Draper, TIME, 18 June 2024
Single-parent households are also the most common household type to revolve credit card debt, or carry it from one month to the next.
—Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2024
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Neither of you has student loans or revolving credit card debt.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
This has alarmed local organizers and given them reason to doubt his commitment to TNT, particularly to the work of building the community care corps around which TNT revolves.
—Raeghn Draper, TIME, 18 June 2024
Single-parent households are also the most common household type to revolve credit card debt, or carry it from one month to the next.
—Nerdwallet, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2024
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“Revolve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revolve. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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