Pivot Definition
pĭvət
pivoted, pivoting, pivots
noun
pivots
A point, shaft, pin, etc. on which something turns.
Webster's New World
A person or thing on or around which something turns or depends, etc.; central point.
Webster's New World
A pivoting movement.
Webster's New World
The act of turning on a pivot.
American Heritage
A person around which a formation of marching people turns.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
verb
pivoted, pivoting, pivots
To provide with, attach by, or mount on a pivot or pivots.
Webster's New World
To cause to rotate, revolve, or turn.
Pivoted the telescope toward the island.
American Heritage
To turn on or as if on a pivot.
Webster's New World
To depend or be centered.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Pivot
Noun
Singular:
pivotPlural:
pivotsOrigin of Pivot
French from Old French perhaps akin to Catalan piu pivot perhaps from piu chirp (from the creaking sounds made by something turning on a pivot)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Borrowing from French pivot, probably connected with Italian pivolo (“peg, pin"), diminutive of piva, pipa (“pipe").
From Wiktionary
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