0 past simple and past participle of revolve
1 to move or cause something to move around a central point or line:
Their discussion revolved from the start around the causes of and the responsibilities for delinquency and the way it is dealt with.
The debate revolved around the party's programme for the upcoming general elections.
Compared to preschool conversations, family mealtime conversations less frequently revolved around turn negotiations, maybe due to the much lower number of participants in family interaction.
Such a concord revolved around the extent of a landlord's legitimate political influence, depending on the tenants' willingness to accept his or her political guidance.
Furthermore, in one way or another, all domestic economic activity in turn revolved around it.
Presidential elections have revolved around three leading candidates in the period 1988-97.
A distinguished feature of these researches was that all findings revolved around such classical themes as lineage, ritual and spiritual beliefs.
The fundamental dynamics of the political system revolved around the regime and opposition party leaders.
