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pivotnoun the central part or aspect of something under considerationan issue that is the real pivot of the controversy bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, crux, essence, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, point, root, sum course, direction, drift, tenorbody, content, substancehypothesis, proposition, purport, subject, theme, thesis sum and substance, the long and short(or the long and the short) pivotverbto move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axisthe telescope is mounted on a tripod so you can easily pivot it for viewing in any direction revolve, roll, rotate, spin, swing, swirl, swivel, turn, twirl, twist, wheel, whirl screw, unscrewtwiddlecoil, crank, reel, windcirculate in the 14th century |