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[Verb] | "shift" | \ ˈshift \

1: to exchange for or replace by another : change

2: to change the place, position, or direction of : move

3: to make a change in (place)

Origin: 14th century ;

Middle English, from Old English sciftan to divide, arrange; akin to Old Norse skipa to arrange, assign;

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[Noun] | "shift"

1: a means or device for effecting an end

2: a deceitful or underhand scheme : dodge

3: an effort or expedient exerted or tried in difficult circumstances : extremity

Origin: 1523 ;

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[Noun] | "shift key"

1: a key on a keyboard that when pressed enables an alternate set of characters to be produced by the other keys

Origin: 1883 ;

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[Noun] | "consonant shift"

1: a set of regular changes in consonant articulation in the history of a language or dialect:

2: such a set affecting the Indo-European stops and distinguishing the Germanic languages from the other Indo-European languages

3: such a set affecting the Germanic stops and distinguishing High German from the other Germanic languages

Origin: 1888 ;

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[Noun] | "functional shift"

1: the process by which a word or form comes to be used in another grammatical function

Origin: 1930 ;

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[Noun] | "graveyard shift"

1: a work shift beginning late at night (such as 11 o'clock); also : the workers on such a shift

Origin: 1908 ;

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[Noun] | "great vowel shift"

1: a change in pronunciation of the long vowels of Middle English that began in the 15th century and continued into the 16th century in which the high vowels were diphthongized and the other vowels were raised

Origin: 1909 ;

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[Idiom] | "shift for oneself"

1: to do things without help from others

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[Idiom] | "shift oneself"

1: to move quickly : to hurry

(1) - { shift one's ground } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?

[Idiom] | "shift one's ground"

1: to change one's opinion

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[Verb] | "shift"

1: to change the place or position of;

* e.g., " ... he shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over "

Antonyms :
freeze,
still

2: to change one's position;

* e.g., " ... she shifted uncomfortably in her seat throughout the interview "

Synonyms :
budge,
locomote,
move,
stir

Antonyms :
plateau,
stabilize

3: to pass from one form, state, or level to another;

* e.g., " ... she watched the aurora in fascination as its colors shifted from green to blue "

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[Noun] | "shift"

1: an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result;

* e.g., " ... desperate shifts to stave off financial disaster "

Antonyms :
motionlessness

2: the act or an instance of changing position;

* e.g., " ... made a small shift to the left to make more room on the bench "

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[Phrase] | "make shift"

1: to meet one's day-to-day needs;

* e.g., " ... They were able to make shift without borrowing money. "

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[Phrase] | "made shift"

1: to meet one's day-to-day needs;

* e.g., " ... They were able to make shift without borrowing money. "

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[Phrase] | "makes shift"

1: to meet one's day-to-day needs;

* e.g., " ... They were able to make shift without borrowing money. "

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[Phrase] | "making shift"

1: to meet one's day-to-day needs;

* e.g., " ... They were able to make shift without borrowing money. "

Antonyms :
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