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shift English

Meaning shift meaning

What does shift mean?
Definitions in simple English

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.

shift

— verb (= switch) make a shift in or exchange of First Joe led; then we switched — verb change place or direction Shift one's position — noun an event in which something is displaced without rotation — verb (= transfer) move around transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket — noun (= transformation) a qualitative change — noun the time period during which you are at work — noun (= switch, switching) the act of changing one thing or position for another his switch on abortion cost him the election — noun (= shifting) the act of moving from one place to another his constant shifting disrupted the class — verb move from one setting or context to another shift the emphasis shift one's attention — verb move very slightly He shifted in his seat — verb change in quality His tone shifted — verb move and exchange for another shift the date for our class reunion — verb change gears you have to shift when you go down a steep hill — verb change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change Grimm showed how the consonants shifted — verb use a shift key on a keyboard She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case — noun a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time — noun the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters — verb (= switch, change) lay aside, abandon, or leave for another switch to a different brand of beer She switched psychiatrists The car changed lanes — verb (= careen) move sideways or in an unsteady way The ship careened out of control — verb (= lurch) move abruptly The ship suddenly lurched to the left — noun (= chemise) a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist — noun (= chemise) a woman's sleeveless undergarment — noun (= fault, faulting, geological fault) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other they built it right over a geological fault he studied the faulting of the earth's crust

Synonyms shift synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as shift?

shift English » English

move change transfer turn switch remove budge stir displace alter displacement alteration transition substitute relocate movement exchange vary unit transference team squad shuffle shifting force detachment convert transform slip move aside fluctuate conversion chemise alternation variation transpose transmutation transformation shake replace modification migrate group go duty dislodge dislocate bunch band amend

Topics shift topics

What do people use shift to talk about?
Physical actions

Move something
Physical actions

Posture
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move sideways
Physical actions Move something

Move something in a direction
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Blame

Conjugation shift conjugation

How do you conjugate shift?

shift · verb

Examples shift examples

How do I use shift in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I haven't had a night shift like that in a while.
Tom works the night shift.
Tom works the evening shift.
Tom is on the night shift this week.
Tom is on the day shift this month.
This week he works the early shift.
Next week I'll have the late shift.
Starting next week, I'll be on the late shift.
Starting next week, I'll be working the late shift.
Can you drive a stick shift?
Press the Shift button.
In order to keep our feet warm we had to shift from one foot to another and keep moving.
Tom doesn't like working the graveyard shift.
He works the night shift.
As Japan approaches the 21st century, she is learning from Europe and making a necessary shift of economic focus from production for export to providing for the unprecedented needs of an aging population.
He worked both the lunch and dinner shift.
What time's your shift?
Tom works the late shift.

Movie subtitles

There's no better metaphor for the relentless shift of global power than the clock.
New discoveries constantly shift our perspective on where alien life might exist.
If the artificial silk is too clingy over pantyhose, and the Crimplene shift makes me look like a librarian -- thank you, Valerie -- then I really only have the ice blue Lurex and that's still at the dry cleaners.
The day shift.
The night shift must build another one by Monday.
We'll have the midday shift.
Hey, the guys from the early shift are going over to the French.
You'll have to shift your family.
Some go lickety-split up that hill on high; some have to shift into second.
One shift will rest while the other keeps firing.
Looks like the night shift's coming on.
That last shift didn't do so badly.
Shift to the big transports.
Check, check, check. Shift target right.
You'll have to shift your family out of here.
Some go lickety-split up that hill, some have to shift into second.
I'll take the night shift.
You take the night shift. I'll take the day shift and I'll be in Scotland afore you.
OK, if the wind doesn't shift.
But I don't mind, if my Julie ain't left to run wild and shift for herself.
If you think there's gonna be trouble. I'll call the shift off.
Here's the shift to the right.
The big thing was a new shift Notre Dame used.
I only work the evening shift!
I'm back from the night shift!
You dirty rat, trying to shift the blame onto Joe.
The sweetheart of the night shift.
I don't do the evening shift.
We tossed a coin for the night shift and I lost.
But in three months, a double shift could take a quarter of a million dollars out of the Midas.
We're on the early shift today.
Do you work this shift every day?
And let us not be dainty of leave-taking, but shift away!
My shift's over, I've been pedalling for seven hours.
Rewrite desk. Lobster shift.
What's the lobster shift?
Yes, she's working the late shift at the hospital this month.
With me, it's automatic to shift into neutral before I cut a motor.
If someone will be good enough to shift in reverse for me.

News and current affairs

In the long run, America's growth pattern must undergo a structural shift from reliance on debt and consumption one based on Americans vaunted capacity for creativity and innovation.
The constitution must be reformed, but not to shift power from one unaccountable leader to another.
This shift in Turkey's strategic role may also be reflected in a new domestic balance between the military and the forces pushing for reform.
For domestic demand to act as an engine of growth, policies should shift resources from investment to consumption.
David Victor, an energy expert at the University of California, San Diego, estimates that the shift from coal to natural gas has reduced US emissions by 400-500 megatonnes (Mt) of CO2 per year.
This is unfortunate, as this exploration of new uses for nuclear weapons represents a revolutionary shift in US national security policy.
Eight to ten million people will have to shift employment from services and construction into exports and import-competing goods, implying that structural unemployment will rise.
These realities represent a power shift of a kind that we have not experienced in our lifetimes.
But the need for spending cuts also raises the prospect that the US might be unable to finance a military shift toward the Asia-Pacific region - or, worse, that it will be forced to retrench there.
This will require a shift to renewable energy sources such as solar power, and perhaps nuclear power, as well as new technologies to capture carbon dioxide at power plants and then to dispose of the carbon dioxide in safe underground deposits.
Would the political rhetoric shift if researchers in Oman discovered a key to suppressing AIDS?
The utilities would then shift to low-carbon solar power.
Moreover, while poverty eradication will remain a paramount concern after 2015, the focus must shift from national averages to local disparities.
The IMF will work hard to shift blame - there will be allegations of corruption, and it will be said that Argentina did not pursue needed measures.
Thein Sein's decision to halt the project is clearly an important policy shift.
Everyone, including the Chinese and the Indians, would shift to the cheaper and cleaner alternatives - and global emission targets would automatically be met.
If the world is going to shift in the direction of a new and more globally democratic system, other nations will need to meaningfully step forward to assume new responsibilities.
As a result of this policy shift - and the recent killing of a South Korean tourist in North Korea's Kumgang Mountains - official dialogue between North and South has stopped for the past several months.
Such a paradigm shift requires an Apollo-scale investment, but in basic science.
China's recent shift to a slower-productivity trajectory is an early warning of what may well be one of its most daunting economic challenges.
Technology is accelerating a shift in the balance of power between governments and governed that offers both opportunities for democratic accountability and obstacles to inclusive politics.
The shift in thinking was triggered by the revised deficit forecasts recently published by the Congressional Budget Office, the independent technical agency responsible for advising Congress on budget issues.
That shift then allowed other low-income Asian economies - South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and to some extent Malaysia and Thailand - to follow in Japan's footsteps.
NATO needs to shift its focus from organizing and administering a unified military command to building real confidence that every member's voice will be heard.
It is possible to see in Chavez but another Latin American populist sorcerer's apprentice, one whose political shelf life will expire whenever oil prices begin their inevitable shift backward.
They do not fear a nuclear attack against Israel, but rather a nuclear arms race in the region and a dramatic shift in power to Israel's disadvantage.
Indeed, a drastic shift in policy is essential to avoid economic collapse.

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