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revolution

/ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/
noun

A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.

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Noun 4 meanings

  1. A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.

    “The revolution had completely transformed the monarchy into a republic.”

  2. The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.

  3. Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.

  4. In the case of celestial bodies, the traversal of one body along an orbit around another body.

    “It takes 365 days for the Earth to complete one revolution around the sun.”

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English revolucion, borrowed from Old French revolucion, from Late Latin revolūtiō (“the act of revolving; revolution”), from Latin revolvō (“roll back, revolve”).

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REVOLUTION at a glance

REVOLUTION has 10 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + V 4 + O 1 + L 1 + U 1 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,641 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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