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What does pivot mean?

pivot

— verb turn on a pivot — noun the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver — noun the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot — noun axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

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pivot English » English

axis swivel rotate hub turn spin center shank rod core axle twirl swing spindle shaft revolve pivot man fulcrum centre whirl veer twist turn around pintle pin omphalos nucleus key man hinge gyrate gudgeon central figure weigh bar shaft vital point umbilicus twine turn round turn out terminal take in swirl support trunnion stir spread out splay spiral skirt skate over short-circuit screw

Topics pivot topics

What do people use pivot to talk about?
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move in a circle

Conjugation pivot conjugation

How do you conjugate pivot?

pivot · verb

Examples pivot examples

How do I use pivot in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

That. idol thing was on some sort of a pivot.
That idol thing was on some sort of a pivot.
They should pivot the way von Schlieffen planned it in World War I.
If Lewis ever snaps out of this slump. he'll team with Tom Russell in the pivot position.
Much smoother! Now, pivot. The Cotton Club girls!
Pivot, step, walk, walk, walk.
He's moving his pivot foot!
They got the pivot pin in backwards.
And pivot. and serve. and shift. and stroke.
Both bookcases are counterweighted so they can pivot easily, - enabling the entire room to be opened up.
Pivot on the right, kick with your left and you whip that head around to catch the target over there.
Remember, pivot right, kick left, turn the head, spot the target.
It won't heal. He won't be able to pivot on his ankle.
Pivot!
The barrel's broken off the pivot.
We'll pivot at warp 2 and bring all tubes to bear.
Pivot the shoulders.
But. usin' the same block you made, pivot toward me.
In one movement, pivot and throw.
Now, pivot.
And then pivot your body, and step in like that.
And the ball's going to come now. I want you to pivot.
Pivot.
Come on, pivot on the ball of both feet.
A woman is the pivot around which everything turns.
Okay, I'm gonna set a pivot.
So you can see that both bookcases are counterweighted. so they can pivot easily, enabling the entire room to be opened up.
Remember, pivot right, kick left, get that head around, spot that target.
That's from central-pivot irrigation. - Wow.
I said step, pause, turn, pause, pivot, step, step. not step, pause, turn, pause, pivot, step, pause!
If the fibula won't heal straight, he won't be able to pivot on his ankle bone.
I don't think it'll pivot any more.

News and current affairs

Here, the pivot to the people includes the American people: the dynamism, creativity, and resources of American business and non-profit organizations already engaged around the world.
Those strong words reflect a new sensibility in Washington. As former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared in one of her last foreign-policy speeches, the US is not planning to pivot away from Europe to Asia, but rather with Europe to Asia.
President Barack Obama's decision to rotate 2,500 US Marines through a base in northern Australia is an early sign of that pivot.
The pivot toward Asia does not mean that other parts of the world are no longer important; on the contrary, Europe, for example, has a much larger and richer economy than China's.
The Obama administration's pivot towards Asia signals recognition of the region's great potential, not a clarion call for containment.
Meanwhile, with a genuinely inclusive and objectively administered constitution, Egypt could pivot back toward democracy.
When push came to shove, Varoufakis faced the difficult choice of going along with more of the same, despite knowing that it would fail, or trying to pivot to a new approach.
If the Iran crisis were to boil over, the pivot to Asia would no longer be America's main foreign-policy priority.
With little authority to initiate legislation, the Parliament, too, will have no choice but to pivot toward oversight.
After all, not only is Asia becoming the pivot of global geopolitical change, but Asian challenges are also playing into international strategic challenges.
Egypt is not the first country to struggle in the critical revolutionary pivot from a repressive past to a better and more just future.
Putin's idea was that he could pivot Russia's economy into a partnership with China.
As former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared in one of her last foreign-policy speeches, the US is not planning to pivot away from Europe to Asia, but rather with Europe to Asia.
Abe would then have an opportunity to pivot from the past to the future by declaring Japan's intention to be generous and constructive.
Since President Barack Obama announced the pivot five years ago, the US has been attempting to bolster its forces and alliances in Asia, thereby reinforcing its strategic role in a region that China is increasingly attempting to dominate.
Indeed, dealing with it might require reconciling the pivot to Asia with an ongoing presence in the Middle East, if only because the two regions have much in common.
Moreover, America's Asian pivot is occurring at a time when its international credibility has been badly eroded by domestic political dysfunction and disappointing performance in the Middle East.
If its pivot to Asia is to be credible, the US will eventually have to agree to be one among a number of great powers in Asia, a co-equal partner with China, Japan, and India in shaping the region's strategic environment.

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