Pivot (in business) – changing the entire direction of a business driven by changes in the market and based on its current position, without detaching from it.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
pivot (noun)1.
a shaft or pin on which something turns
2.
a) a person, thing, or factor having a major or central role, function, or effect
b) a key player or position , specifically an offensive position of a basketball player standing usually with back to the basket to relay passes, shoot, or provide a screen for teammates
3.
the action of - pivoting , especially the action in basketball of stepping with one foot while keeping the other foot at its point of contact with the floor
1.
turning on or as if on a pivot
2.
- pivotal
intransitive verb
transitive verb
to turn on or as if on a pivot
1.
to provide with, mount on, or attach by a pivot
2.
to cause to pivot
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
pivot (noun)the central part or aspect of something under consideration
SYNONYMS:
bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, point, root, sumRELATED WORDS:
course, direction, drift, tenor; body, content, substance; hypothesis, proposition, purport, subject, theme, thesisto move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
SYNONYMS:
pivot, revolve, roll, rotate, spin, swing, swirl, swivel, twirl, twist, wheel, whirlRELATED WORDS:
screw, unscrew; twiddle; coil, crank, reel, wind; circulatePivot (Wikipedia)
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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
