to revolve around
10
3.6
- phrasal verb
- /rɪˈvɑlv əˈraʊnd/
:
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- In the museum, the exhibits revolve around ancient civilisations and their impact on modern society.
- revolves around the sun
- Earth revolves around
- planet that revolves around
And then we ended up saying, no, The sun revolves around the earth.
- And then we ended up saying, no, The sun revolves around the earth.
- That's what this was here and now it's just going to revolve around the pole of a magnet.
- For centuries, people thought that perhaps, you know, we are at the center of the universe, that the sun revolves around the Earth, the stars.
Examples
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Both the stars and planets were thought to revolve around Earth.
Academic text (2003) -
The moon revolves around the Earth, the Earth revolves around the sun, and the burg revolves around pot roast.
Fiction book (2001) -
The solar system revolves around the sun, not the Earth.
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The moon revolves around the Earth, and each special date presents its face.
Fiction book (1994) -
Since then, his activism has revolved around LGBT, affordable housing, and mass transit issues.
Blog text (32) -
Copernicus (1473-1543) famously proposed that Earth revolves around the Sun.
Academic text (2007) -
The planets in our solar system revolve around the sun, creating the paths of their orbits.
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During the meeting, discussions revolve around the new project timeline and budget constraints.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Move something so it faces a different direction or side
210
1.8
To move around something in a circle
144
3.0
To turn around a central point, like a wheel or planet
126
3.9
To move in a curved path around a planet or star
120
2.7
To move in a twisting or circular way
88
3.0
Move around something following a curved path
78
2.0
Move in a circle around a point, like a planet around the Sun
41
3.2
To make something move in a circle around a central point
39
2.8
To spin something quickly so it turns in circles
38
2.1
To turn your body quickly in a circle many times
33
3.4
To form a circle around a person or thing
24
4.1
To turn quickly to face a different direction
21
2.3
Move in a round path around someone or something
12
6.9
Spin around in circles or spirals
9
3.7
To move quickly in a circle, often through the air
3
4.2
To turn quickly to face a different direction
Move around something or someone in a circle
Turned around a center point like a wheel
Move around another object in a curved path
To make something turn around its center like a wheel
Antonyms
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Morphology
The sense 'to have something as the main focus' is a metaphorical extension of the literal motion in 'revolve' (to move in a circle) + 'around' (circling something), so a learner who knows both words can often map the physical centering to an abstract focus. Because the meaning relies on a figurative mapping (not purely literal composition), it is not fully predictable for all B1 learners despite being cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
The verb revolve around gives a simple picture: something revolves (turns) around a center point, like a moon going round a planet or the Earth going round the Sun. So it means 'to move in a circle around a central point'.