gravitate

/ˌgrævəˈteɪt/

Other forms: gravitated; gravitating; gravitates

To gravitate is to move toward or feel attracted to something. People gravitate toward things they like.

Gravitate used to refer to how gravity pulls objects toward the Earth, but now it also describes how people are pulled toward things they like. Little kids gravitate towards playgrounds, someone athletic will gravitate toward sports, and someone with a nice voice might gravitate toward a singing career. Dogs gravitate toward squirrels — they move toward them whenever they have a chance. But don’t blame gravity for that one!

Definitions of gravitate

1. verb

   move toward
   “The conversation gravitated towards politics”

   type of:

   be given, incline, lean, run, tend

   have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
2. verb

   be attracted to
   type of:

   be

   have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
3. verb

   move due to the pull of gravitation
   “The stars gravitate towards each other”

   type of:

   move

   move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion