The world doesn't revolve around you.
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Revolve
//ɹɪˈvɒlv//
Synonyms for "revolve" (141 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (70)
mull overmusemuse onmuse overoscillatepirouettepivotponderponder overpronatepulsatepulsereappearrecurreelreflectreflect overreflect uponrelyreoccur
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repeatresupinatereturnreverserevolutionroll aroundrotaterotationroundruminateruminate overrun overscrewskirtspinspiralsupinatesurroundswingswivelthink aboutthink overtransposeturnturn a pirouetteturn aboutturn aroundturn downturn inturn inside outturn outturn overturn roundturn the scaleturn the tablesturn upside downtwirltwistundulatewambleweighwheelwheel aroundwhirlwind
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
7 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesmanner of
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12 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 29 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- dredh verb (to turn on an axis)
Bulgarian
2 entries- въртя се verb (to turn on an axis)
- обмислям verb (to ponder on)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- خۆلاندن verb (to orbit a central point)
- خۆلاندن verb (to turn on an axis)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 圍繞 /围绕 verb (to orbit a central point)
- 旋轉 /旋转 verb (to turn on an axis)
- 考慮 /考虑 verb (to ponder on)
- 運轉 /运转 verb (to turn on an axis)
Esperanto
1 entries- rivolui verb (to orbit a central point)
Finnish
3 entries- kiertää verb (to orbit a central point)
- pohtia verb (to ponder on)
- pyöriä verb (to turn on an axis)
French
4 entries- retourner verb (to orbit a central point)
- retourner verb (to turn on an axis)
- tourner verb (to orbit a central point)
- tourner verb (to turn on an axis)
German
2 entries- sich drehen verb (to orbit a central point)
- sich drehen verb (to turn on an axis)
Greek
4 entries- περιστρέφομαι verb (to orbit a central point)
- περιστρέφομαι verb (to turn on an axis)
- περιστρέφω verb (to recur in cycles)
- σκέπτομαι verb (to ponder on)
Hindi
1 entries- घूमना verb (to orbit a central point)
Hungarian
1 entries- kering verb (to orbit a central point)
Indonesian
1 entries- edar verb (to turn on an axis)
Italian
3 entries- orbitare verb (to orbit a central point)
- ricorrere verb (to recur in cycles)
- ruotare verb (to turn on an axis)
Japanese
2 entries- 回る verb (to turn on an axis)
- 回転する verb (to turn on an axis)
Javanese
2 entries- ider verb (to turn on an axis)
- mubeng verb (to turn on an axis)
Kazakh
1 entries- айналу verb (to turn on an axis)
Latin
1 entries- vertō verb (to turn on an axis)
Malay
1 entries- edar verb (to turn on an axis)
Old Javanese
1 entries- hidĕr verb (to turn on an axis)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دونمك verb (to orbit a central point)
- دونمك verb (to turn on an axis)
Pashto
4 entries- اړول verb (to turn on an axis)
- تاوول verb (to orbit a central point)
- تاوول verb (to turn on an axis)
- څرخول verb (to orbit a central point)
Polish
3 entries- kręcić się verb (to turn on an axis)
- kręcić się (wokół) verb (to orbit a central point)
- wirować verb (to turn on an axis)
Portuguese
2 entries- girar verb (to turn on an axis)
- orbitar verb (to orbit a central point)
Quechua
1 entries- muyuy verb (to orbit a central point)
Russian
4 entries- верте́ться verb (to orbit a central point)
- враща́ться verb (to orbit a central point)
- враща́ться verb (to turn on an axis)
- крути́ться verb (to orbit a central point)
Spanish
2 entries- girar (alrededor de) verb (to orbit a central point)
- rotar verb (to turn on an axis)
Swedish
3 entries- kretsa verb (to orbit a central point)
- rotera verb (to turn on an axis)
- snurra runt verb (to turn on an axis)
Thai
4 entries- วน verb (to orbit a central point)
- วน verb (to recur in cycles)
- หมุน verb (to orbit a central point)
- หมุน verb (to turn on an axis)
White Hmong
2 entries- tig verb (to orbit a central point)
- tig verb (to turn on an axis)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The planets revolve around the sun.
Source: tatoeba (326589)
The world does not revolve around you.
Source: tatoeba (3515288)
All objects in the Galaxy revolve around the Galaxy's center.
Source: tatoeba (3957855)
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