rotate

To rotate something means to turn it around its center point, like a wheel or a globe. You can also rotate a task or responsibility to someone else.

When we talk about rotating things, often what comes up is schedules and routines. Imagine you have a group of friends who take turns doing household chores every week. The cleaning schedule might say that Monday is John's turn to vacuum, Tuesday is Emily's to mop the floors, Wednesday is Mike's to do laundry... and so on. In this case, rotating means switching or moving from one person to another in a regular order.

The word "rotate" can also be used as an adjective to describe something that happens over and over again in a regular cycle. For example: "The company has a rotating internship program for college students." Here it doesn't mean turning anything around, but rather changing or switching things out in a routine way.