revolution

«revolution» in Mova's school dictionary: When people overthrow a government or ruler, often by… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a revolution, revolutions)

meaning for a pupil

1) When people overthrow a government or ruler, often by force, to change who runs the country. tree →

2) A very big change in how people live or work: the Industrial Revolution, a revolution in computers. tree →

3) One complete turn around a centre or point: The wheel makes 60 revolutions a minute. tree →

4) (science) The Earth's journey around the Sun, which takes one year. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons: the American, French and Industrial Revolutions. In maths, one revolution is a full turn of 360°; half a revolution is 180°. In science, Earth rotates on its axis once a day and revolves around the Sun once a year. Rates: «revolutions per minute» (rpm). Phrases: «one full revolution», «revolutions per minute», «a technological revolution».

examples

• One full revolution is 360 degrees. tree →
• A quarter of a revolution is 90°. tree →
• The Earth makes one revolution around the Sun each year. tree →
• The wheel turns at 50 revolutions per minute; how many in 3 minutes? tree →
• The revolution changed how the country was ruled. tree →
• The internet started a revolution in how we talk. tree →
• The Industrial Revolution brought factories and trains. tree →
• Indeed, had the King her son not been deservedly beloved a revolution would certainly have arisen. tree →

note

Countable: revolutions. Verb: revolve (go round) and revolt (rebel). Adjective: revolutionary. Trap: rotate = spin on own axis (Earth, once a day); revolve = go around something else (Earth around the Sun, once a year). Angles: revolution = 360°.

In the corpora

• The Haitian Revolution from 1791 overthrew slavery in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, and Haiti became independent in 1804.
• The French Revolution began in 1789, ended the monarchy in 1792 and spread new ideas about rights and citizens across Europe.
• Coal powered the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in the late 1700s.
• The Industrial Revolution began in Britain around 1760, when people began making things with machines in factories instead of by hand at home.
• Canada became independent step by step and peacefully, not through a revolution.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «revolution» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.