Revolution - English meaning

noun

A state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems.

Usage examples:

The country has been plunged into a state of anarchy

noun

A lack of organization and control in a society or group, esp. because either there is no government or it has no power

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Civil war has led to anarchy., the crowd was restless and verging on anarchy., belief in freedom do…

noun

A situation in which there is no organization and control, especially in society, because there is no effective government

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What we are witnessing is the country's slow slide into anarchy., the country has been in a state o…

noun

A round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre).

Usage examples:

Draw a circle with a compass

verb

Move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once.

Usage examples:

They were circling athens airport

noun

A continuous curved line, the points of which are always the same distance away from a fixed central point, or the area inside such a line

Usage examples:

Coloured paper was cut into circles., we sat in a circle.

noun

A roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place.

Usage examples:

I ran a circuit of the village

verb

Move all the way around (a place or thing).

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The trains will follow the northern line, circuiting the capital

noun

A closed system esp. of wires through which electricity can flow

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Big electronic circuits can carry huge amounts of data., holiday phone calls always overload the ci…

noun

A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.

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He was overthrown in an army coup

noun

An unexpectedly successful achievement

Usage examples:

It was a tremendous coup for the local paper to get an exclusive interview with prince charles., i …

noun

A sudden illegal, often violent, taking of government power, especially by part of an army

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A military coup

noun

A series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.

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The recurrent cycle of harvest failure, food shortages, and price increases

verb

Ride a bicycle.

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She cycled to work every day

noun

A bicycle

Usage examples:

Cycles cannot be taken on this train., a thousand people took part in the region's biggest-ever cyc…

noun

A state of confusion.

Usage examples:

The world 's currency markets were in disorder

verb

Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.

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They are disordering the political landscape

noun

A state in which objects or conditions are in no particular order; lack of system or planned organization

Usage examples:

The room was in such disorder that she couldn’t find anything., [ c ] a mental/physical disorder, […

noun

An active revolt or uprising.

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Rebels are waging an armed insurgency to topple the monarchy

noun

The violent struggle of a group of people who refuse to accept their government's power

Usage examples:

The insurgency continues despite last week's assault on the rebel stronghold.

noun

An occasion when a group of people attempt to take control of their country by force

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The government is reported to be concerned about the growing insurgency in the south.

noun

A violent uprising against an authority or government.

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The insurrection was savagely put down

noun

An organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government or ruler and take control of the country, usually by violence

noun

An organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence

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Armed insurrection

noun

The flat area between the waist and knees of a seated person.

Usage examples:

Come and sit on my lap

verb

Overtake (a competitor in a race) to become one or more laps ahead.

Usage examples:

She lapped all of her rivals in the 3,000 metres

noun

The action or sound of water washing gently against something.

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Listening to the comfortable lap of the waves against the shore

noun

An open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.

Usage examples:

A mutiny by those manning the weapons could trigger a global war

verb

Refuse to obey the orders of a person in authority.

Usage examples:

Thousands of the soldiers mutinied over the non-payment of wages

noun

Refusal to obey orders, or a violent attempt to take control from people in authority, esp. in the military or on a ship

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[ u ] walker’s superiors charged him with mutiny., mutinous troops failed to overthrow the governme…

verb

Remove forcibly from power.

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Military coups which had attempted to overthrow the king

noun

A removal from power.

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The speeches called for the overthrow of the monarchy

noun

A statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.

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The british team lodged an official protest

verb

Express an objection to what someone has said or done.

Usage examples:

Before muriel could protest, he had filled both glasses

noun

An act of armed resistance to an established government or leader.

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The authorities put down a rebellion by landless colonials

noun

Violent action organized by a group of people who refuse to accept their government’s power and are willing to use force to oppose it

Usage examples:

[ c ] the african-american nat turner led an 1831 rebellion., [ u ] many students were in rebellion…

verb

Take violent action against an established government or ruler; rebel.

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The iceni revolted and had to be suppressed

noun

An attempt to end the authority of a person or body by rebelling.

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A country-wide revolt against the government

verb

To take violent action against authority, or to refuse to be controlled or ruled

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Californians may be ready to revolt against broad cuts in government services., i was revolted by h…

noun

A violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd.

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Riots broke out in the capital

verb

Take part in a violent public disturbance.

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Students rioted in paris

noun

A noisy and violent public gathering

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The streets in this district include south central los angeles, where the riots broke out two years…

noun

The violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd.

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The clashes followed a night of rioting in several parts of the city

verb

Take part in a violent public disturbance.

Usage examples:

Students rioted in paris

noun

Noisy, violent, and uncontrolled behaviour by a group of people in a public place, often as a protest

Usage examples:

The government is afraid of further serious rioting today., rioting broke out when the election res…

adjective

Going up, increasing, or sloping upward.

Usage examples:

The rising temperature

noun

An armed protest against authority; a revolt.

Usage examples:

The warsaw rising of 1944

verb

Move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

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The tiny aircraft rose from the ground

verb

Move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis.

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The car rolled down into a ditch

noun

A cylinder formed by winding flexible material round a tube or by turning it over and over on itself without folding.

Usage examples:

A roll of carpet

verb

Move by turning over or rotating

noun

The action of rotating about an axis or centre.

Usage examples:

The moon moves in the same direction as the earth's rotation

noun

The act of turning around a fixed point

Usage examples:

[ c ] two rotations of the dial opens the lock., crop rotation

noun

The process of regularly changing the person who does a particular job, so that it is done at different times by different people

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In rotation they all work the night shift in rotation., italy has rules on the mandatory rotation o…

adjective

Shaped like a circle or cylinder.

Usage examples:

She was seated at a small, round table

noun

A circular piece of something.

Usage examples:

Cut the pastry into rounds

adverb

So as to rotate or cause rotation; with circular motion.

Usage examples:

A plane circled round overhead

noun

Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

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These varied from the trials and subsequent execution of radicals for treason, to trials for sediti…

noun

Language or behavior intended to persuade other people to oppose their government and change it, sometimes by using violence

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He himself was tried for sedition and sentenced to ten years in jail.

verb

Turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly.

Usage examples:

The girl spun round in alarm

noun

A rapid turning or whirling motion.

Usage examples:

He concluded the dance with a double spin

verb

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

verb

Hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement.

Usage examples:

He raised his hand, as if to strike me

noun

A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.

Usage examples:

Dockers voted for an all-out strike

verb

Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

noun

The undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution.

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The ruthless subversion of democracy

noun

An attempt to change or weaken a government or to remove it from power by working secretly within it

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

verb

Spin quickly and lightly round, especially repeatedly.

Usage examples:

She twirled in delight to show off her new dress

noun

An act of spinning.

Usage examples:

Kate did a twirl in front of the mirror

verb

To turn in a circle, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] skaters leapt and twirled on the ice., she does a twirl to show off her pre…

noun

An act of resistance or rebellion; a revolt.

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An armed uprising

verb

Rise to a standing or elevated position.

Usage examples:

Bright and red uprose the morning sun

noun

An act of opposition by many people, sometimes using violence, against those who are in power

noun

A circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground.

Usage examples:

A chair on wheels

verb

Short for big wheel (sense 2).

noun

A circular object, connected at the center to a bar, that is used for making vehicles or parts of machines move

Usage examples:

The wheel of a bicycle, i never feel safe with richard behind the wheel (= driving)., would you min…

verb

Move or cause to move rapidly round and round.

Usage examples:

Leaves whirled in eddies of wind

noun

A rapid movement round and round.

Usage examples:

The tempestuous whirl of circum-antarctic waters is also responsible for their being among the most…

verb

The shape of something rotating rapidly