Definizione monolingua

gravitate

gravitate (third-person singular simple present gravitates, present participle gravitating, simple past and past participle gravitated)

1. (intransitive) To move under the force of gravity.
   • 1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation; a philosophical poem in seven books, book II:

     The?e, who have natures ?teps with care pur?ued,
     That matter is with ac?tive force endued,
     That all its parts magnetic power exert,
     And to each other gravitate, a??ert.

2. (intransitive) (figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.

   Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man.

   • 1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations:

     The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating.

   • 1923, Elbert Hubbard, ""J.B. Runs Things"":

     Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.

gravit?te

1. ablative singular of gravit?s

Definizione dizionario gravitate

gravitare

Altri significati:

(intransitive) To move under the force of gravity.

(intransitive) (figuratively) To tend or drift towards someone or something, as though being pulled by gravity.