Meaning

1 senses
  1. (dated)To contrive; to invent a way of surmounting a difficulty.

    behelfen

    ухитря́тьсяuxitrjátʹsja, перебива́тьсяperebivátʹsja, довольствоваться

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The city's convention center was converted into a make-shift hospital.

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  2. Algeria is making a shift from a highly centralized economy to a market economy.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
contrive, find a way through difficulty:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
contrive, find a way through difficulty:

Forms

makes shift, making shift, made shift, made shift
Base formmake shift · to make shift
3rd person singularmakes shift
Present participlemaking shift
Past simplemade shift
Past participlemade shift

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymake shift
he, she, itmakes shift

Past simpleLesson

all personsmade shift

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave made shift
he, she, ithas made shift

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill make shift

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmakeshift

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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