Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: 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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