shift

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  1. transitive verb To exchange (one thing) for another of the same class: shifted assignments among the students.
  2. transitive verb To move or transfer from one place or position to another.
  3. transitive verb To alter (position or place).
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  • The reasons for this shift were the need for 12 to 18 months of training in each area, and local regulations required maintenance to take place only on weekends and shutdowns. —  Reliable Plant Magazine
  • But, Mr Reuss said, axing the shift was the best way Holden could protect the jobs of its —  News
  • This shift could be the work of global warming, the researchers say. —  Signs of the Times
  • But, Reuss said, axing the shift was the best way Holden could protect the jobs of its 3000 workers in Adelaide and also jobs at its component supply companies around the country.
  • For the Pew report, 28 percent of the shift was among Protestant denominations. —  The Christian Post RSS Feed
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

change ·  variation ·  move ·  movement ·  adjustment ·  increase ·  pattern ·  alteration ·  flow ·  trend ·  improvement ·  decline

Used in the same contextWord Family

shift:   shifts ·  shifted ·  shifting ·  Shifting
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English shiften, from Old English sciftan, to arrange, divide.

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  1. from Middle English shiften, schiften, shyften, from Anglo-Saxon sciftan, scyftan, divide, separate, = Dutch schiften = Middle Low German schiften, schichten, Low German schiften, divide, separate, turn, = Icelandic skipta (for * skifta) = Swedish skifta = Danish skifte, divide, part, shift, change; cf. Icelandic skīfa, shive, cut in slices: see shive.
  2. from Middle English shift, schift = Icelandic skipti (for * skifti) = Swedish Danish skifte, a division, exchange, shift: see shift, v.
 

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