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Definition: Meaning of, shift in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ʃɪft /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
shift shifted shifted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
shifting shifts
  1. move [intransitive and transitive] to move from one place or position to another, or make something do this
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  2. move [transitive] British English informal to move something, especially by picking it up and carrying it
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  3. change attention [transitive] to change a situation, discussion etc by giving special attention to one idea or subject instead of to a previous one
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  4. change opinion [intransitive and transitive] if someone's opinions, beliefs etc shift, they change
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  5. shift the blame/responsibility (onto somebody) to make someone else responsible for something, especially for something bad that has happened
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  6. costs/spending [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to change the way that money is paid or spent
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  7. dirt/marks [transitive] British English to remove dirt or marks from a surface or piece of clothing
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  8. in a car [intransitive and transitive] especially American English to change the GEAR s when you are driving [=  change British English]
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  9. sell [transitive] British English informal to sell a product, especially a lot of it
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shift shifts
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  1. a change in the way people think about something, in the way something is done etc
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  2. if workers in a factory, hospital etc work shifts, they work for a particular period of time during the day or night, and are then replaced by others, so that there are always people working
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  3. the workers who work during one of these periods
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  4. a SHIFT KEY
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  5. a simple straight loose-fitting woman's dress
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shift used in phrases

  • Doppler shift (noun)
    1. change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other
  • day shift (noun)
    1. as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the work shift during the day
    2. as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. workers who work during the day
  • evening shift (noun)
    1. as 4 p.m. to midnight the work shift during the evening
    2. as 4 p.m. to midnight workers who work during the evening
  • gear shift (noun)
    1. American English a gear lever
  • graveyard shift (noun)
    1. a regular period of working time that begins late at night and continues until the early morning, or the people who work during this time
  • night shift (noun)
    1. a period of time at night when people regularly work, especially in a factory
    2. the group of people who work on the night shift
  • paradigm shift (noun)
    1. an important change in which the usual way of thinking or doing something is replaced by another way of thinking or doing something
  • population shift (noun)
    1. a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population
  • shift key (noun)
    1. the KEY 1 ( 3) on a KEYboard 2 ( 3) that you press to make a capital letter
  • shift register (noun)
    1. computing register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right
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