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rotate

 
 
/rəʊˈteɪt/ US   /ˈrəʊteɪt/ verb [I or T]

Definition

to turn something in a circle, especially around a fixed point: With the software you can zoom and rotate pictures.
WORKPLACE, HR to regularly change the person who does a particular job, so that it is done at different times by different people: rotate between sb The chairmanship would rotate between the members of the board. Are you able to rotate shifts?
(Definition of rotate verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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