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shift
IPA transcription: [ʃ'ɪft]
Pronunciations of shift
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
shift, displacement
Meaning:
an event in which something is displaced without rotation
Synonyms:
transformation, transmutation, shift
Meaning:
a qualitative change
Synonyms:
shift, work_shift, duty_period
Meaning:
the time period during which you are at work
Synonyms:
switch, switching, shift
Meaning:
the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
Synonyms:
shift, shifting
Meaning:
the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
switch, change_over, shift
Meaning:
make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
Synonyms:
shift, dislodge, reposition
Meaning:
change place or direction; "Shift one's position"
Synonyms:
transfer, shift
Meaning:
move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
Synonyms:
stir, shift, budge, agitate
Meaning:
move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
Synonyms:
shift
Meaning:
move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
Synonyms:
shift
Meaning:
change in quality; "His tone shifted"
Synonyms:
shift
Meaning:
move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"
Usage examples
He won't shift that chair in a hurry."
Inventions often shift demand, and value follows.
We must shift for ourselves, and yet we cannot fly!
"Only a shift to get off with a whole skin, I warrant you.
Let your head fall and roll around as you shift the torso to different positions.
'My legs was pretty tottly, but I made shift to go on deck, which it was like a fair.
'Why, I am asking what you have done with the sheet and shift that you had to wipe off the blood', said she.
'Do you think, now', said the Squire, 'you can steal the sheet off our bed, and the shift off my wife's back.
It is that you put us ashore on one of the islands of this pestilent archipelago, and leave us to shift for ourselves."
'Why! what a time you've taken to lock the door, dear!' said his wife; 'and what have you done with the sheet and shift?'
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