Gravitate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɹævɪteɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Gravitate is a verb meaning (intransitive, astrophysics) To move under the force of gravity.
Meaning
(intransitive, astrophysics) To move under the force of gravity.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.
Example Sentences
The guests slowly gravitated to the kitchen.
Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man.
Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.
The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating.
Word Forms
- gravitates
- gravitating
- gravitated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slope, perturb, urge, drive, heave, drift.
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