to revolve

Examples

• All

• Here the issues are more likely to revolve around jobs and social services.

  Academic text (2008)

• The planets revolve around the sun in our solar system.

• You have to understand the world revolves around value.

• They behave as though everything must revolve around them.

• Some involved disputes over hours of work, but most revolved around the amount of pay.

  Academic text (2008)

• Many of these questions revolve around the role of the human in the Gaian schema.

  Academic text (1994)

• The second aspect of the pedagogical method proposed above revolves around online communication.

  Academic text (2008)

• Family time essentially revolves around the needs of children and supports a heteronormative framework.

  Academic text (2017)

• The main issues were all interrelated and revolved around data analysis, anonymity, and confidentiality.

  Academic text (1994)

• The film revolves around Sandler and Aniston, a married couple that get caught up in a murder mystery on a billionaire's yacht.

  Adam Sandler: Funny Guy (2020)

Synonyms

C

to circle

vsto revolve

210 1.8

To move around something in a circle

focuses on regular orbital or axial movement around a center

R

to rotate

vsto revolve

144 3.0

To turn around a central point, like a wheel or planet

refers to movement around an external central point, not spinning on an internal axis

O

to orbit

vsto revolve

• Specialized

126 3.9

To move in a curved path around a planet or star

is general circular movement not limited to gravitational contexts

G

to go around

vsto revolve

78 2.0

Move in a circle around a point, like a planet around the Sun

emphasizes precise circular or orbital motion around a central axis

S

to spin around

vsto revolve

38 2.1

To turn your body quickly in a circle many times

describes regular circular movement rather than rapid self rotation

C

to circle around

vsto revolve

21 2.3

Move in a round path around someone or something

implies steady orbital motion around a fixed center

R

to revolve around

vsto revolve

10 3.6

Move in a circle around a central object, like planets around the Sun

is the same meaning but as the base verb form

C

to circle round

vsto revolve

3.5

Move around something or someone in a circle

implies continuous orbiting around a central point rather than brief circling

Antonyms

S

to stay in place

10 1.5

Not move from a place

Phrasal Verbs

R

to revolve around

84 3.5

Be the main focus of attention, like a person or topic

R

to revolve around

10 3.6

Move in a circle around a central object, like planets around the Sun

R

to revolve about

5.8

To be mainly about one person, topic, or thing

How Fast

to spin

227 1.0

to whirl

17 2.6

to revolve

80 3.4

turn

485 1.0

to circle

210 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology