revolution

Syllables: re·vo·lu·tion/ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/

revolution noun: a political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.

Noun

revolution (countable and uncountable, plural revolutions)

(countable) A political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
- The revolution had completely transformed the monarchy into a republic.
- Una rivoluzione è certamente la cosa più autoritaria che ci sia: è l'atto per il quale una parte della popolazione impone la sua volontà all'altra parte per mezzo di fucili, baionette e cannoni; mezzi autoritari, se ce ne sono; e il partito vittorioso, se non vuole aver combattuto invano, deve...1873 December [1872], Friedrich Engels, “Dell'autorità”, in Almanacco repubblicano per l'anno 1874; English translation in “On Authority”, in Marx/Engels Collected Works, volume 23, translation of...
(countable) The popular removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.
- For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war...1837, George Sand, translated by Stanley Young, Mauprat, Cassandra Editions, published 1977, →ISBN, page 237
Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis, one complete turn of an object during rotation.
- The ratio between the speeds of revolution of wheel and disc is substantially equal to the reciprocal of the ratio between the diameter of the wheel and the diameter of the mean contact circle on the disc.1912, P. M. Heldt, The Gasoline Automobile: Its Design and Construction, Volume II: Transmission, Running Gear and Control, The Horseless Age Co., published 1913, page 147
- The Earth has two motions: a daily revolution (or turning around) upon its axis, and a yearly course around the sun.1864, D. M. Warren, The Common-School Geography, Revised edition, H. Cowperthwait & Co., page 6
Synonyms:

rev, wheel
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.
A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.
- the AI revolution
- Ông Kac-Mac là kinh tế học K. M. Ông ấy ngiên kứu rõ ràng tư bản chủ ngĩa, dế quốc chủ ngĩa, zai kấp tranh dấu, vân vân ở dâu mà sinh ra; lịch sử nó thế nào, hiện tượng nó thế nào, và kết quả nó sẽ ra thế nào.1927, Nguyễn Ái Quốc, “1. K. M. là zì?”, in Dường Kách mệnh; English translation from “1. What is a Revolution?”, in Vijay Prashad, transl., The Revolutionary Path (Selected Ho Chi Minh), translation...
Antonyms:

evolution
A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.
Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.
a rule in Tycoon where if four cards are placed down at once, the card hierarchy is reversed.

Antonyms:

counterrevolution

Proper noun capitalized: Revolution

the Revolution

(abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of American Revolution.
- American TV, in the black-coffee hours of a Saturday morning, had other things to focus on. On this side of the Atlantic, two and a half centuries away from the Revolution, it’s easier to take it all in as a costume party, as the royals were borne through the streets like elaborately plated...2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times

revolution meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

revolution in Hindi

political upheaval: क्रांति krānti, इंक़िलाब iṅqilāb, विप्लव viplav, इनकलाब inaklāb, क्रान्ति krānti
removal and replacement of a government: क्रांति krānti, विप्लव viplav
turning of an object around an axis: परिक्रमण parikramaṇ, भ्रमण bhramaṇ, परिभ्रमण paribhramaṇ
traversal of one body through an orbit around another body: परिक्रमण parikramaṇ, परिक्रमा parikramā

revolution in Tamil

political upheaval: புரட்சி puraṭci

revolution in Marathi

political upheaval: क्रांती krāntī
turning of an object around an axis: परिभ्रमण paribhramaṇ
sudden, vast change in a situation or discipline: क्रांती krāntī

revolution in Urdu

political upheaval: اِنْقِلاب inqilāb, اِنْقَلاب inqalāb

More languagesFewer languages

revolution in Bengali: বিপ্লব biplob, ইনকিলাব inkilab
revolution in Telugu: విప్లవం viplavaṁ
revolution in Malayalam: വിപ്ലവം viplavaṁ
revolution in Kannada: ಕ್ರಾಂತಿ krānti
revolution in Punjabi: ਇਨਕਲਾਬ inaklāb, اِنْقِلاب īnqilāb
revolution in Gujarati: ક્રાંતિ krā̃ti, વિપ્લવ viplav
revolution in Odia: ବିପ୍ଳବ bipḷaba, ବିଦ୍ରୋହ bidroha
revolution in Sanskrit: क्रान्ति krānti
revolution in Sinhala: විප්ලවය wiplawaya
revolution in Assamese: বিপ্লৱ biplow
revolution in Nepali: क्रान्ति krānti
revolution in Pashto: انقلاب enqelāb, ټنټه ṭanṭa
revolution in Tagalog: himagsikan
revolution in Arabic: ثَوْرَة ṯawra, اِنْقِلَاب inqilāb, دَوْرَة dawra
revolution in Malay: revolusi, ubah desak, pusingan
revolution in Indonesian: revolusi
revolution in Persian: اِنْقِلاب enqelâb, چَرْخِش čarxeš, گردش gardeš
revolution in Thai: การปฏิวัติ gaan-bpà-dtì-wát, ปฏิวัติ bpà-dtì-wát
revolution in Vietnamese: cuộc cách mạng, cách mạng, cách mệnh
revolution in Myanmar: တော်လှန်ရေး tauhlanre:, အရေးတော်ပုံ a.re:taupum

Examples of revolution in a sentence

The essence of every revolution consisted and consists in putting a new class in power, thus enabling it to realize its own program in life.1938 January 15 [1937 December], Leon Trotsky, “The Lessons of Spain--The Last Warning”, in Socialist Appeal, volume 2, number 3, page 4:
Numerous cases are recorded which incontestibly prove that during pregnancy, the uterus perform a half or even a complete revolution, on itself, producing torsion of the cervix […]1878, George Fleming, A Text-Book of Veterinary Obstetrics, Baillière, Tindall, & Cox, page 123:
In 1825, the first public railway carried passengers across the English countryside, setting in motion not just an engineering revolution, but an industrial one too.2025 October 1, Richard Evans, “The value of the railway effect”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 58:

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Synonyms of revolution

rev
wheel

Antonyms

Forms of revolution

plural	revolutions

Plural of revolution: revolutions

Origin of revolution

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”).

Words formed from revolution

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Questions about revolution

What does revolution mean?: Revolution means a political upheaval in a government or state characterized by great change.
What is revolution in Hindi?: Revolution in Hindi is क्रांति (krānti), इंक़िलाब (iṅqilāb), विप्लव (viplav). See Revolution meaning in Hindi.
How do you use revolution in a sentence?: The essence of every revolution consisted and consists in putting a new class in power, thus enabling it to realize its own program in life.
What part of speech is revolution?: Revolution can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce revolution?: Revolution is pronounced /ˌɹɛv.əˈluː.ʃən/.
What is the plural of revolution?: The plural of revolution is revolutions.

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