Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being shifted or changed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Admitting of being shifted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That can be
shifted
Etymologies
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Examples
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But maybe people are shiftable, and claiming to be undecided just isn't as cool as it used to be.
Zogby has McCain/Palin pulling ahead and men, not women, favoring Palin; and I offer a poll about that. Ann Althouse 2008
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While the design of this human powered vehicle doesn't engage the knotty philosophical conundrums of a shiftable single-speed, it does raise the direct question: why?
Contradictions: Contemplating the Mysteries of Cycling BikeSnobNYC 2008
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"But maybe people are shiftable, and claiming to be undecided just isn't as cool as it used to be."
Zogby has McCain/Palin pulling ahead and men, not women, favoring Palin; and I offer a poll about that. Ann Althouse 2008
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Obama's are as shiftable as the sands of the Sahara.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Generally, the gears improve the efficiency, weight and cost, and are not shiftable.
Autoblog Green 2010
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Out beyond the bedsits and the stale crumpets and the golf-club ties, there's a giant waking, and it's proof positive that the old order of things is shiftable, that there can be novelty under the sun.
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk 2010
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* Adjustable delay tone, feedback and a shiftable autopan for Delay Line three for more sound animation
AvaxHome RSS: 2009
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The power is always there -- it's unobtrusive, except for the roar of the exhausts -- and there's so much power that you wonder why this car needs manually shiftable gears at all.
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The type of transmission: automatic, manual, shiftable automatic or automated manual.
unknown title 2009
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The type of transmission: automatic, manual, shiftable automatic or automated manual.
unknown title 2009
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