Shift Meaning and Definition


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Shift meaning

Word: Shift

How to pronounce: ʃɪft

Verb

Definitions:

1. Move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.

Example sentences: "I shift the weight back to the other leg"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A slight change in position, direction, or tendency.

Example sentences: "A shift in public opinion"

2. One of two or more recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in relay.

Example sentences: "The night shift"

3. A woman's straight unwaisted dress.A long, loose-fitting undergarment.

Example sentences: "Today she is wearing a simple shift dress and no make-up and the sight of her looking so ordinary and conventional is indeed slightly shocking."

4. An ingenious or devious device or stratagem.

Example sentences: "The thousand shifts and devices of which Hannibal was a master"


Synonyms:

drift

displacement

offset

misalignment

transfer

switching

switchover

change

fault

transformation

switch

toggle

budge

displace

slip

step

move

remove

fluctuate

stir

dislodge

work shift

alternation

swap

exchange

trade

reposition

motion

movement

chemise

vary

break

mutate

changeover

transpose

relocate

dislocate

change over

substitute

tilt


Antonyms:

adjustment

alignment

distance

spacing


Derivations:

shifting

shifted

shifty

shifter

shiftwork

shiftiness


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Shift in Other Languages...

Spanish: Cambio

German: Shift

French: Changement

Italian: Shift

Turkish: Değiştirme


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