pivot

[Piv·ot]

To pivot is to turn or rotate, like a hinge. Or a basketball player pivoting back and forth on one foot to protect the ball.

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A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.

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

Noun
the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver

Verb
turn on a pivot

n.
A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.

n.
The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch.

n.
Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise.

n.
The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man.

v. t.
To place on a pivot.

Pivot

Piv"ot , n. [F.; prob. akin to It. piva pipe, F. pipe. See Pipe.] 1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns. 2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch. 3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise. 4. (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man. Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span, called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical axis. -- Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage, so as to turn in any direction. -- Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg.

Pivot

Piv"ot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pivoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pivoting.] To place on a pivot. Clarke.

A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.

To place on a pivot.

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Usage Examples

Famous pivot stories are often failures but you don't need to fail before you pivot. All a pivot is is a change is strategy without a change in vision. Whenever entrepreneurs see a new way to achieve their vision - a way to be more successful - they have to remain nimble enough to take it.

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