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Meaning of 'pivot' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pivot [ n.]
- A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.
- The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.
- Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.
- The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man.
2 . Pivot [ v. t.]
- To place on a pivot.

Meaning of 'pivot' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . pivot [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot
Example in sentence:
  • the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot

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pivotal pivoted pivoting

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