gravitate
/ˈɡɹævɪteɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Theſe, who have nature's ſteps with care purſued, That matter is with active force endued, That all its parts magnetic power exert, And to each other gravitate, aſſert."
- "Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man."
- "The guests slowly gravitated to the kitchen."
- "The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating."
- "As the presence of any considerable number of priests on an ocean steamer is supposed to bring rough weather, so the addition of a few hundred parsons to the population of Edinburgh is believed to induce rain,—or perhaps I should say, more rain."
- "Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʷreh₂-