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[Adjective] | "re*volv*ing" | \ ri-ˈväl-viŋ \
1: turning around on or as if on an axis
2: tending to revolve or recur; especially : recurrently available
3: of, relating to, or being credit that may be used repeatedly up to the specified limit and is usually repaid in regular proportional installments
Origin: 1599 ;
From present participle of {see: |revolve|revolve};
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[Adjective] | "re*volv*ing-door" | \ ri-ˈväl-viŋ-ˈdȯr \
1: characterized by a frequent succession (as of personnel) or a cycle of leaving and returning
Origin: 1973 ;
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[Verb] | "re*volve" | \ ri-ˈvälv \
1: rotate
2: to cause to go round in an orbit
3: to turn over at length in the mind : ponder
Origin: 15th century ;
Middle English revolven "to pass (of time), wind round, roll," borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French revolver "to turn, turn over (in the mind)," borrowed from Latin revolvere "to roll back to a starting point, bring back round, (passive) travel in a circular course, return to a starting point," from re- {see: |re-|re-} + volvere "to set in a circular course, cause to roll, bring round" {mat|wallow:1|};
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[Noun] | "revolving door"
1: a revolving-door system or process
Origin: 1895 ;
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[Noun] | "revolving fund"
1: a fund set up for specified purposes with the proviso that repayments to the fund may be used again for these purposes
Origin: 1920 ;
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[Phrasal verb] | "revolve around"
1: to move around (something) in a path that is similar to a circle
2: to have (someone or something) as a main subject or interest
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[Verb] | "revolving"
1: to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis;
* e.g., " ... the salesclerk revolved the glass display case so I could see the watchbands on the reverse side "
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2: to move in circles around an axis or center;
* e.g., " ... the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars "
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3: to give serious and careful thought to;
* e.g., " ... for the next several hours he kept revolving the cryptic message in his mind, trying to make sense of it "
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[Verb] | "revolve"
1: to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis;
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2: to move in circles around an axis or center;
* e.g., " ... the sidereal day measures the time it takes the Earth to revolve completely about its axis with respect to the fixed stars "
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