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gravitate

[grav-i-teyt]

verb (used without object), -tat·ed, -tat·ing.

to move or tend to move under the influence of gravitational force.

to tend toward the lowest level; sink; fall.

to have a natural tendency or be strongly attracted (usually followed by to or toward): Musicians gravitate toward one another.

Origin:
1635–45; < Neo-Latin gravitātus (past participle of gravitāre). See gravity, -ate¹

Related forms

grav·i·tat·er, noun

su·per·grav·i·tate, verb (used without object), -tat·ed, -tat·ing.

un·grav·i·tat·ing, adjective

Synonyms
3. incline, tend, lean, move.

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Example Sentences

The touch folks gravitate toward lamb's ears and chenille plants with plenty of pettable leaves and floral parts for fondling.

It's only natural for faculty children to gravitate to their parents' fields as majors.

They tended to gravitate towards foreigners, who represented one of their few potential markets.

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The touch folks gravitate toward lamb's ears and chenille plants with plenty of pettable leaves and floral parts for fondling.

It's only natural for faculty children to gravitate to their parents' fields as majors.

They tended to gravitate towards foreigners, who represented one of their few potential markets.

Yet teens gravitate toward peers for another, more powerful reason: to invest in the future rather than the past.

It could be that, compared to other professions, the people that gravitate to healthcare tend to be less empathic.

So naturally they'll gravitate towards your yard instead of a neighbor's.

We're in space, so gems gravitate towards the center of the board, instead of falling top-to-bottom.

But viewers may gravitate toward different shows during an economic downturn.

If you are willing to venture into the business world, you might well gravitate to the field of training and development.

Offer music fans a virtually infinite choice of songs free of charge, and they will still gravitate to hits.

Shrimp normally gravitate toward safe, dark corners.

People gravitate to religion to feel a connection to the underlying meaning of everything.

Nightmare sufferers, the new work indicates, may have a natural tendency to gravitate to the arts.

These seem to be the areas to where foreigners gravitate.

People not only gravitate towards web sites that reflect their political prejudices.

That's why people gravitate towards us from all over the continent and beyond".

And it's that insight that caused many in the military to gravitate toward counterinsurgency theory in the first place.

And it's only natural during uncertain times to gravitate toward investments perceived as dependable, though boring.

Students gravitate to lenient professors and to courses that are reputedly easy, particularly in general education.

He believes that investment and water will continue to gravitate towards the bigger, more professionally managed farms.

Their shifting allegiances gravitate toward the centers of perceived influence.

Good students will gravitate toward the best universities.

Alone in front of a crowded shelf, shoppers are likely to gravitate to a wine they have heard of-a brand.

People gravitate toward punch bowls and surround them, as they do a newborn.

Its natural that people gravitate to places that are easy for them.

Computer simulations have produced vast web structures of this stuff where real matter is supposed to gravitate at the web nodes.

As it stands, kids will gravitate more toward his antic, commanding and inventive sidekick pooch.

Without knowing better, teachers will gravitate to their own preferred style of learning.

It seems to be an excuse to not gravitate towards change.

As it stands, children will gravitate more toward his antic, commanding and inventive sidekick dog than toward him.

Interesting how y'all gravitate towards those biblical metaphors.

Potential addicts may gravitate to any of these entirely legal activities.

Investors who want to guard against inflation should gravitate toward industries that benefit directly from it, many advisers say.

They gravitate towards teaching that is effective for them.

The people who gravitate towards union leadership at the local and state level are a different breed of cat.

Their conversations in school hallways, auditoriums and conference rooms gravitate toward.

Voters gravitate toward the presidential candidates who seem more comfortable in their skin.

That's what happens when families gravitate toward a similar sound.

Study after study has shown that our bodies naturally gravitate toward a set weight, and that diets don't work.

Used to caring for others, they are more likely to gravitate toward such leadership professions as teaching and politics.

Respondents tended to gravitate toward towers with which they are personally involved.

For generations, sociologists have been studying the way immigrant groups gravitate to such pursuits and professions.

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gravitate (ˈɡrævɪˌteɪt)

—vb (usually foll by to or towards)
1.	physics to move under the influence of gravity
2.	to be influenced or drawn, as by strong impulses
3.	to sink or settle

'gravitater

—n

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