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gravitate

[ grav-i-teyt ]

verb (used without object)

gravitated, gravitating.
  1. to move or tend to move under the influence of gravitational force.
  2. to tend toward the lowest level; sink; fall.
  3. to have a natural tendency or be strongly attracted (usually followed by to or toward ):

    Musicians gravitate toward one another.

    Synonyms: , , ,



gravitate

/ ˈɡæɪˌٱɪ /

verb

  1. physics to move under the influence of gravity
  2. usually foll byto or towards to be influenced or drawn, as by strong impulses
  3. to sink or settle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈˌٲٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • i·ٲe noun
  • p·i·ٲٱ verb (used without object) supergravitated supergravitating
  • ܲ·i·ٲiԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gravitate1

First recorded in 1635–45; from New Latin ٳܲ (past participle of “to obey the laws of gravitation,” coined by Sir Isaac Newton ); gravity, -ate 1
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When Hernández first arrived in Dodgers camp last spring, Pages wasn’t the only young Latin American player that gravitated toward him.

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As Plum enters a new environment and begins establishing herself with her new teammates, they are already gravitating toward her.

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Director David Cromer, whose sensibility gravitates between stark and dark, endows the staging with macabre elegance.

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But while some nations would be driven into a China block, Furman said he did not expect most to gravitate to China.

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The company asked him to make merchandise that would suit the vehicles, and he naturally gravitated toward bumper stickers.

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