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Word: Gravitate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from modern Latin gravitat-, from the verb gravitare, from Latin gravitas ‘weight’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡravɪteɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
move towards or be attracted to a person or thing
Short Definition:move towards or be attracted to person or thing
Examples:- young western Europeans will gravitate to Berlin
- we instantly gravitated towards one another
Definition:
move, or tend to move, towards a centre of gravity or other attractive force
Short Definition:move, or tend to move, towards centre of gravity or other attractive force
Examples:- the electron does not gravitate towards the nucleus
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