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The decisions you are making right now and that you will make in the foreseeable months and years will absolutely determine whether you pivot towards the world or towards the Lord.
Sheri L. Dew

Meaning of "pivot" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PIVOT

From Old French; perhaps related to Old Provençal pua tooth of a comb.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PIVOT

pivot  [ˈpɪvət] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIVOT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pivot is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pivot in English.

WHAT DOES PIVOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pivot

Pivot may refer to: ▪ Pivot, the point of rotation in a lever system ▪ More generally, the center point of any rotational system ▪ Pivot joint, a kind of joint between bones in the body ▪ Pivot turn, a dance move...

Definition of pivot in the English dictionary

The first definition of pivot in the dictionary is a short shaft or pin supporting something that turns; fulcrum. Other definition of pivot is the end of a shaft or arbor that terminates in a bearing. Pivot is also a person or thing upon which progress, success, etc, depends.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PIVOT

PRESENT

Present
I pivot
you pivot
he/she/it pivots
we pivot
you pivot
they pivot
Present continuous
I am pivoting
you are pivoting
he/she/it is pivoting
we are pivoting
you are pivoting
they are pivoting
Present perfect
I have pivoted
you have pivoted
he/she/it has pivoted
we have pivoted
you have pivoted
they have pivoted
Present perfect continuous
I have been pivoting
you have been pivoting
he/she/it has been pivoting
we have been pivoting
you have been pivoting
they have been pivoting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pivoted
you pivoted
he/she/it pivoted
we pivoted
you pivoted
they pivoted
Past continuous
I was pivoting
you were pivoting
he/she/it was pivoting
we were pivoting
you were pivoting
they were pivoting
Past perfect
I had pivoted
you had pivoted
he/she/it had pivoted
we had pivoted
you had pivoted
they had pivoted
Past perfect continuous
I had been pivoting
you had been pivoting
he/she/it had been pivoting
we had been pivoting
you had been pivoting
they had been pivoting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pivot
you will pivot
he/she/it will pivot
we will pivot
you will pivot
they will pivot
Future continuous
I will be pivoting
you will be pivoting
he/she/it will be pivoting
we will be pivoting
you will be pivoting
they will be pivoting
Future perfect
I will have pivoted
you will have pivoted
he/she/it will have pivoted
we will have pivoted
you will have pivoted
they will have pivoted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pivoting
you will have been pivoting
he/she/it will have been pivoting
we will have been pivoting
you will have been pivoting
they will have been pivoting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pivot
you would pivot
he/she/it would pivot
we would pivot
you would pivot
they would pivot
Conditional continuous
I would be pivoting
you would be pivoting
he/she/it would be pivoting
we would be pivoting
you would be pivoting
they would be pivoting
Conditional perfect
I would have pivot
you would have pivot
he/she/it would have pivot
we would have pivot
you would have pivot
they would have pivot
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pivoting
you would have been pivoting
he/she/it would have been pivoting
we would have been pivoting
you would have been pivoting
they would have been pivoting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pivot
we let´s pivot
you pivot
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pivot
Past participle
pivoted
Present Participle
pivoting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIVOT


Calvert
ˈkælvət
covert
ˈkʌvət
culvert
ˈkʌlvət
discovert
dɪsˈkʌvət
divot
ˈdɪvət
grovet
ˈɡrɒvət
Kilvert
ˈkɪlvət
lovat
ˈlʌvət
millisievert
ˈmɪlɪˌsiːvət
semiprivate
ˌsemɪˈpraɪvət
sievert
ˈsiːvət
undercovert
ˈʌndəˌkʌvət

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIVOT

pivot bridge
pivot grammar
pivot joint
pivotable
pivotal
pivotally
pivoter
pivotman
piwakawaka
pix
pixel

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIVOT

boot
bot
cannot
devot
dot
foot
forgot
gavot
got
have-not
hot
jackpot
lot
mot
not
pilot
pot
root
shoot
shot

Synonyms and antonyms of pivot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PIVOT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pivot» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pivot
axis · axle · centre · focal point · fulcrum · heart · hinge · hub · kingpin · revolve · rotate · spin · spindle · swivel · turn · twirl

Translation of «pivot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIVOT

Find out the translation of pivot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pivot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pivot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中心点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eje
570 millions of speakers

English

pivot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धुरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المحور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пивот
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pivô
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিভট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clé de voûte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pivot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Angelpunkt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中心
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주축
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pivot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pivot
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மையம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धुरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pivot
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fulcro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obrotu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

півот
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pivot
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pivot
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spilpunt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sväng
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pivot
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pivot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIVOT»

The term «pivot» is very widely used and occupies the 16.884 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIVOT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pivot

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5 QUOTES WITH «PIVOT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pivot.
1
Sheri L. Dew
The decisions you are making right now and that you will make in the foreseeable months and years will absolutely determine whether you pivot towards the world or towards the Lord.
2
Tom Douglas
In the restaurant business, there's the concept of pivot. pivot to the stove, pivot to the refrigerator.
3
Seth Grahame-Smith
If you're Stephen King and you have a massive body of huge-selling well-respected work, you can pivot and do whatever you want. I don't have that body of work, I don't have that audience that's comfortable with me enough yet to follow my bliss with me.
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Alice Oswald
If you bend a branch until it's horizontal, the sap will slow to a stopping point: a comma or colon, made of leaves grown into one another and over one another and hardened. Out of this pause comes a flower, which unfolds itself in spirals, as if the leaf form, unable to keep to its line, had begun to pivot.
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Jennifer Pahlka
If there's one thing government needs desperately, it's the ability to quickly try something, pivot when necessary, and build complex systems by starting with simple systems that work and evolving from there, not the other way around.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIVOT»

Discover the use of pivot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pivot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Excel Pivot Tables Recipe Book: A Problem-Solution Approach
This book follows a problem-solution format that covers the entire breadth of situations you might encounter when working with PivotTables—from planning and creating, to formatting and extracting data, to maximizing performance and ...
Debra Dalgleish, 2006
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Pivot Table Data Crunching: Microsoft Excel 2010
Not any more! In this book, Excel legends Bill Jelen ("MrExcel") and Michael Alexander teach PivotTables and PivotCharts step-by-step, using realistic business scenarios that any Excel user can intuitively understand.
Bill Jelen, Michael Alexander, 2010
3
Pivot Point
Perfect for fans of Sliding Doors, Kasie West's riveting novel Pivot Point follows a girl with the power to see her potential futures.
Kasie West, 2013
4
Candlestick and Pivot Point Trading Triggers: Setups for ...
Don't just read this book and put it on a shelf—use it as a trading plan, strategy, and exact set of steps you need to take to achieve the same results John has had trading stocks, futures, and forex." —Mona Khan, President, Forex ...
John L. Person, 2011
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Pivot of the Universe: Nasir Al-Din Shah Qajar and the ...
"In this book, the first in English about Nasir al-Din Shah, Abbas Amanat gives us both a biography of the man and an analysis of the institution of monarchy in modern Iran.
Abbas Amanat, 1997
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Ling Shu: Or the Spiritual Pivot
The Ling Shu, considered to be the Canon of Acupuncture, is translated here by Wu Jing-Nuan in its context as the first known treatise about acupuncture with its associated medical procedures and for its philosophical beauty.
Jing-Nuan Wu, 2002
7
Confucius: The Great Digest, the Unwobbling Pivot, and the ...
From these notebooks came, in time, the superb poems entitled Cathay and Pound's edition of Fenollosa's Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry. But it was Confucius' ethical and political teachings--that most influenced Pound.
Ezra Pound, 1969
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The Pivot Point: Success in Organizational Change
The Pivot Point offers a unique perspective on organizational change and the nature of its impact on individual employees that is not new in its origin, but in its application.
Victoria M Grady, James D Grady, 2012
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Excel 2013 Pivot Table Data Crunching
Selected by Bill Jelen, Microsoft Excel MVP and mastermind behind the leading Excel solutions website MrExcel.com, these books will • Dramatically increase your productivity—saving you 50 hours a year or more • Present proven, ...
Bill Jelen, Michael Alexander, 2013
10
Rebounders: How Winners Pivot from Setback to Success
In this uncertain and unstable time, Rebounders lays out the new rules for success and equips you with the tools you need to get ahead and thrive. From the Hardcover edition.
Rick Newman, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIVOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pivot is used in the context of the following news items.
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Latest PIVOT handset available
PIVOT-S_ThreeQuarterView Mobility solutions specialists Wavelink has announced that a new slim smartphone-like handset to enable ... «Australian Ageing Agenda, Jul 15»
2
Facebook's next pivot
Signs are that Facebook is preparing its next pivot. Piecing together Facebook moves and hires, we believe that Facebook will be launching a ... «VisionMobile, Jul 15»
3
Japanese public oppose security bills and Abe right-wing pivot
During the past two or three months, Japan's domestic opposition parties and the general public have been arguing with louder voices against ... «CCTV, Jul 15»
4
Why sports app Spectator decided to pivot
Two weeks after arriving at the NMotion Accelerator in Lincoln, Nebraska, Jon Myers of Spectator realized that in order to survive, his company ... «Silicon Prairie News, Jul 15»
5
Bombers pivot problems ramp up after loss to Esks
Bombers pivot problems ramp up after loss to Esks. By: Ed Tait Posted: 07/25/2015 11:34 PM | Comments: Tweet; Post; Reddit; ShareThis; Print; Email. «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
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How to Pivot Your Business
According to one estimate, as many as 15-20% of startups pivot from their initial business plan. In some ways, pivoting a company can be like ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
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Minneapolis curator Heywood to run Paul Allen's new Pivot Art + …
Former Minneapolis art curator Ben Heywood will head Pivot Art + Culture, a new non-profit announced Friday in Seattle by Paul G. Allen, art ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
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Like minimalistic games like Pivot and Bing Bong? Well now there …
In Pivot Reborn, you will be doing a similar action as you would in Bing Bong. However, the result is different. In this game when you touch the ... «DroidGamers, Jul 15»
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DumaWorks, Shield Finance, Arifu, MakaraoTV and SafeMotos …
SafeMotos, Duma Works, Shield Finance, Arifu and Makarao were category winners at yesterday's PIVOT East mobile startups pitching ... «PC Tech Magazine, Jul 15»
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Russia's Asian Pivot: Vladivostok Free Port to Bolster Russo-Asian …
Russia opens its arms to Asia, notes Australian scholar Salvatore Babones, referring to the Kremlin law, establishing a "free port" in Vladivostok ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»

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