🇬🇧 Pivot meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To pivot means to turn or twist your body or something else around a point, usually without moving that point. For example, when you keep one foot in the same spot and spin your body to look another way, you are pivoting.

The cat pivoted in midair and somehow landed on the only clean shirt I had left.

Our dog pivoted to run outside, saw the rain, and instantly pivoted back to the couch like a furry boomerang.

The pirate tried to pivot with his wooden leg and ended up doing a very dramatic slow-motion spin.

The lizard on the rock pivoted its head like it was judging my entire life’s choices.

I pivoted my chair toward my homework, then slowly pivoted it back toward my snack like a guilty sunflower.

At the park, a toddler runs toward the pond. The sister must pivot to the bench, pivot toward the child, pivot around a stroller, pivot and catch tiny hands before the water. She holds him, breath shaking, then pivot back to wipe his wet face. They giggle, safe and close.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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