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A shaft or pin on which a mechanism turns or oscillates
“The lever turns around the pivot, thereby drawing back the latch and permitting the door to be opened.”
A central point, typically around which something (or someone) revolves
“It was for him, in his soul's picture, the earth's pivot, the granite core of changelessness, the eternal place where all things came and passed.”
(figurative) The principal aspect or dimension of something
“Indeed, so essential did he consider it, that it appeared to be the pivot on which his whole system revolved.”
The process of changing, or causing something to change, from one form to another
A joke or type of wordplay in which sounds, words or phrases are deliberately confused
An act of moving from one point to another while suspended or on an axis
A change or transformation, especially from what was once normal or accepted
A crucial or decisive point or situation
A point where two or more things are joined
To turn on or as if on a pivot
“To pivot to the left, you press down on your right big toe.”
To depend or be contingent on
“But presidential nominations can pivot on such accidents of timing.”
(center on) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something)
To cross, pivot, or shift horizontally or diagonally
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