Revolution ˌrevəˈluːʃn People French Extra Examples Years Complete

• a socialist revolution
• the outbreak of the french revolution in 1789
• the shooting and killing of thirty people started a revolution.
• the country appears to be on the brink of revolution.

revolution

1. an attempt, by a large number of people, to change the government of a country, especially by violent action
• SEE ALSO counter-revolution
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/counter-revolution
• a socialist revolution
• the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789
• The shooting and killing of thirty people started a revolution.
• The country appears to be on the brink of revolution.

Extra Examples

• Some Marxists still believe that socialism will one day triumph through world revolution.
• The activists were charged with fomenting revolution.
• Thousands of people were killed in the bloody revolution that toppled the government.
• a revolution against communist rule
• the failed 1911 revolution
• the revolution which overthrew the old regime
• The French Revolution brought about great changes in the society and government of France.
2. a great change in conditions, ways of working, beliefs, etc. that affects large numbers of people
• SEE ALSO agrarian revolution
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/agrarian-revolution
• a cultural/social/scientific, etc. revolution
• the sexual revolution of the 1960s
• the digital/technological revolution
• They led the electronics revolution but have been left behind by the IT revolution.
• A revolution in information technology is taking place.

Extra Examples

• As the 18th century wore on, an agricultural revolution took place.
• Doctors have welcomed the fitness revolution.
• He achieved a virtual revolution in the way music is recorded.
• Marketing has undergone a revolution in recent years.
• The coming of television brought about a revolution in people's leisure activities.
• The computer revolution has transformed the workplace.
• The last decade has seen a revolution in telecommunications.
• There has been a quiet revolution in the way writing is taught.
• There has been a revolution going on in farming during the last five years.
3. a complete circular movement around a point
• SEE ALSO revolve
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/revolve
• The disk rotates at up to 500 revolutions per minute.
• The revolution of the earth around the sun takes one year.

Extra Examples

• Jupiter makes a complete revolution around the sun every 12 years.
• The earth turns through one complete revolution approximately every twenty-four hours.
• One full revolution of the knob will open the hatch.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin revolutio(n-), from revolvere ‘roll back’, from re- ‘back’ (also expressing intensive force) + volvere ‘roll’.