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Plural for 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.”
Plural for 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) Plural for 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.”
Plural for the process of changing, or causing something to change, from one form to another
Plural for shaft around which wheels rotate
Plural for a joke or type of wordplay in which sounds, words or phrases are deliberately confused
Plural for an act of moving from one point to another while suspended or on an axis
Plural for a change or transformation, especially from what was once normal or accepted
Plural for a crucial or decisive point or situation
Plural for 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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