Dictionary entry

Pivot

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪvət/

Pronunciation

/ˈpɪvət/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဆုံလည်။ငုတ်။မဏ္ဍိုင်။အချက်အချာ။(v.t & v.i) မှီတွယ်သည်။

Definition

pivot /'pÇvǝt/ n ၁။ မ႑ိဳင္။ ဆံုခ်က္။ The machine-gun swings round on its pivot. ❍ SCALE 3 ၂။ အခရာ။ His sculpture provides the pivot of the whole exhibition. ❍ This assertion is the pivot of her whole argument. v (က) ~ ( on sth ) ခ်ာခနဲလွည့္သည္။ She pivoted on her heels and marched out of the room. (ခ) ဗဟိုျပဳ၍ လည္ေစသည္။ လည္ႏိုင္ရန္ဗဟိုျပဳထားသည္။ The wipers are pivoted at the bottom of the windscreen. ❏ pivot on sth [ PHRV ] မ႑ိဳင္ျပဳသည္။ အလံုးစံုအေျချပဳ ထားသည္။ The whole novel pivots on this single incident.

Examples

  1. Tax reform has become the central pivot of their domestic policy.
  2. It is safe to assume that the general-election 'pivot' so many expected from Donald Trump will never happen.