shift
shift
ʃÉĒft
shift
/ʃÉĒft/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "shift"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move from a particular place or position to another
Intransitive: to shift | to shift somewhere
to shift definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cat lazily shifted from the sunny spot on the windowsill to the cooler shade beneath the table.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϞāϏāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāϞ⧇ āϰ⧋āĻĻāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻļā§€āϤāϞ āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to change one's opinion, idea, attitude, or plan
Transitive: to shift one's opinion or standpoint [adj]
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team members discussed the project and agreed to shift their approach to meet the evolving needs of the client.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻļāĻŋāϤ āϚāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻž āĻĒā§‚āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϘ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋

(of wind) to move to a different direction
Intransitive: to shift | to shift to a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The forecast predicted that the wind would shift to the northwest later in the day.
āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāϏ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ-āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move or alter the location, arrangement, or orientation of something
Transitive: to shift sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was necessary to shift the furniture in the room to accommodate the new bookshelves.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŽāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āφāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move or adjust one's body from one position to another
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the movie progressed, the audience would occasionally shift in their seats to get a better view of the screen.
āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϏāύ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤāĨ¤
06

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to substitute or replace one thing with another
Transitive: to shift sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company shifted its software platform, moving from a traditional system to a cloud-based solution.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻ—āϤ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāωāĻĄ-āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
07

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a policy, point of view, or situation) to become something different
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The political landscape can shift rapidly during an election season.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§ŒāϏ⧁āĻŽā§‡ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļāĻŋāĻĢāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to change the gear or transmission mode in a vehicle
Intransitive: to shift into higher or lower gear
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Before entering the highway, the driver decided to shift into a higher gear for smoother acceleration.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇, āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāϏ⧃āĻŖ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻĢāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to undergo a systematic phonetic change in language over a period of time
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The vowel system in the dialect slowly shifted as a result of historical linguistic influences.
āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāĻ—āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāύ

to activate or engage the shift key on a keyboard
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The programmer had to constantly shift to enter special characters and symbols required in the code.
āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻĄā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āώāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻ—āϤ Shift āϚāĻžāĻĒāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move or change position swiftly and suddenly
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In response to the emergency alarm, the crowd shifted towards the exits.
āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϜāύāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
12

(Nigerian) to unlawfully take something or someone

Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was caught attempting to shift a car.
01

āĻļāĻŋāĻĢāϟ, āĻĄāĻŋāωāϟāĻŋ

the period of time when a group of people work during the day or night
shift definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
My work shift starts at 6 AM and ends at 2 PM.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻĢā§āϟ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ ā§Ŧ āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ ⧍ āϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
1.1

āĻļāĻŋāĻĢāϟ, āĻĻāϞ

a group of workers scheduled to work during a specific period of time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The morning shift reported several issues with the new equipment.
āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻĢāϟ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āϏāϰāϞ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ•, āĻĸāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ•

a simple and loose-fitting dress that hangs straight down from the shoulders and does not have a waistline
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The designer 's collection featured an elegant silk shift.
āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύāĻžāϰāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

a displacement of something in which its position changes but its orientation does not

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Engineers detected a minor shift in the platform's position.
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ

a significant change in the nature or quality of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a noticeable shift in the public's attitude towards environmental issues.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϜāύāϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

the act of replacing one thing with another

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The factory workers managed the shift of the production line efficiently.
06

the action of relocating from one place to another

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I need to shift these boxes from the warehouse to the loading dock.
07

a loose dress that hangs straight from the shoulders without a defined waist

08

āĻļāĻŋāĻĢāϟ āϕ⧀, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϕ⧀

the key on a typewriter or keyboard that changes lowercase letters to uppercase and provides access to special characters
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Press the shift key to insert the symbol above the number.
āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ Shift āϕ⧀ āϟāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āύāĨ¤
09

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ, āĻšā§āϝ⧁āϤāĻŋ

a fracture in the earth's crust caused by the movement of one side relative to the other
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Geologists examined the shift to understand the region's seismic activity.
āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•āϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻŋāĻĢāϟ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

shifter
shifting
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