Wordcyclopedia | English | Shift Out (ASCII character)

shift Verb

— If something shifts, it moves. The talk about crime has shifted from causes to solutions. The desert sands are constantly shifting. Let's shift our seats so we can see the stage better.

shift Noun

— A shift is a movement. There has been a major shift in thinking about how to deal with this. — A shift is the time that workers start and finish work. I'm working the night shift this week. — The shift key on a computer changes from small to big letters.

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out Preposition

— Something that is out is not in. Polly opened the door and went out. — If something using electricity is out, it is turned off or the electricity is not flowing.. Turn the light out before you leave. The power's out so nothing's working. I'm trying to find which light went out. Oh, no! The fire's gone out again. — Something that moves out moves from the inside to a place that is not inside. He took the pen out of his pocket. Please, close the door as you go out. If you walk out that door, you can't come back. The car stopped and out came two men. — far away We live out in the country. He's about half an hour out of Toronto. — If someone is out, they are not in the place where someone is looking for them. You can't see the doctor now. He is out. — to a number of people We'll give out the books after everyone has arrived. — away Don't throw that out. I'm still using it. — If something is out, you can look at or see it. the sun is out the flowers are out — If something comes out of something, it comes from it. — If something is out, it is available for sale. — If something is out, it is not in fashion. — If someone is out, they are not conscious. — If a you are out of something, you had it before but you've used or sold all of it. — If mathx/math is made out of mathy/math, mathy/math is the material that mathx/math is made of.

out Noun

— If someone is prevented from scoring in baseball, they make an out. There were two men on base and two outs. — A way to escape is an out.

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ASCII

— noun (= American Standard Code for Information Interchange) (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers

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character Noun

— Someone's character is the combination of things that they do, feel, and believe that makes them a certain type of person. He's got a really funny character. He couldn't have done something so mean; it's completely out of character. — A character is a person in a story, movie, play, etc. The actor played three different characters in the movie. I really want to like the main character in the book, but I find I can't. — Character is the combination of facts and qualities that makes something different The new factory has certainly changed the character of the city. They believed the war would be local in character and brief in duration. It's a boring room, lacking in character. — A character is one individual mark in a writing system, such as a letter, number, or punctuation mark. The text was written in a mixture of Chinese characters, Arabic numerals and Roman letters. — Character is the combination of personal qualities, such as being honest and hard-working, that make you a good person. It has long been claimed that sports build character. She was a good judge of character, which made her a good manager. He is a man, of great character and great faith.

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