Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gravitate
Participle: gravitated
Gerund: gravitating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gravitate |
| you | gravitate |
| he;she;it | gravitates |
| we | gravitate |
| you | gravitate |
| they | gravitate |
Perfect
| I | have gravitated |
| you | have gravitated |
| he;she;it | has gravitated |
| we | have gravitated |
| you | have gravitated |
| they | have gravitated |
Past
| I | gravitated |
| you | gravitated |
| he;she;it | gravitated |
| we | gravitated |
| you | gravitated |
| they | gravitated |
Pluperfect
| I | had gravitated |
| you | had gravitated |
| he;she;it | had gravitated |
| we | had gravitated |
| you | had gravitated |
| they | had gravitated |
Future
| I | will gravitate |
| you | will gravitate |
| he;she;it | will gravitate |
| we | will gravitate |
| you | will gravitate |
| they | will gravitate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gravitated |
| you | will have gravitated |
| he;she;it | will have gravitated |
| we | will have gravitated |
| you | will have gravitated |
| they | will have gravitated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gravitate |
| you | gravitate |
| he;she;it | gravitate |
| we | gravitate |
| you | gravitate |
| they | gravitate |
Perfect
| I | have gravitated |
| you | have gravitated |
| he;she;it | have gravitated |
| we | have gravitated |
| you | have gravitated |
| they | have gravitated |
Imperfect
| I | gravitated |
| you | gravitated |
| he;she;it | gravitated |
| we | gravitated |
| you | gravitated |
| they | gravitated |
Pluperfect
| I | had gravitated |
| you | had gravitated |
| he;she;it | had gravitated |
| we | had gravitated |
| you | had gravitated |
| they | had gravitated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gravitate |
| you | would gravitate |
| he;she;it | would gravitate |
| we | would gravitate |
| you | would gravitate |
| they | would gravitate |
Perfect
| I | would have gravitated |
| you | would have gravitated |
| he;she;it | would have gravitated |
| we | would have gravitated |
| you | would have gravitated |
| they | would have gravitated |
Imperative
| you | gravitate |
| we | Let's gravitate |
| you | gravitate |
Verbs conjugated like 'gravitate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gravitate'
cavitate,
degravitate,
gratinate,
agitate,
aviate,
breviate,
capitate,
crepitate,
enavigate,
eradiate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin gravitāt-, past participial stem of gravitō.
Sample Sentences
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Theſe, who have nature's ſteps with care purſued,
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That matter is with active force endued,
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That all its parts magnetic power exert,
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And to each other gravitate, aſſert. [1712, Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation; a philosophical poem in seven books, book II:]
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Children naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man.
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The guests slowly gravitated to the kitchen.
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The natural price, therefore, is, as it were, the central price, to which the prices of all commodities are continually gravitating. [1776, Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations:]
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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. [1898, Kate Douglas Wiggin, chapter 8, in Penelope’s Progress […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:]
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Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them. [1923, Elbert Hubbard, J.B. Runs Things:]
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A considerable amount of new rolling stock has been built for the main line services during recent years, and the older stock has gravitated to the secondary and branch lines. [1940 May, “The Irish Railways Today”, in Railway Magazine, page 296:]
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I lingered with seven new friends from Chicago on a back balcony, where concert attendees waiting to be convinced traditionally congregate. The more we drank, the farther up front we gravitated. I finished the show a few feet from the stage. [2012 March 30, Joe Levy, “Rockers at Sea”, in The New York Times:]