what does revolution mean?
REVOLUTION as NOUN
- Meaning
- the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
Hypernyms(s) revolution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
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- the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution
Hypernyms(s) revolution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
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- the plane made three rotations before it crashed
- the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year
Hypernyms(s) revolution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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