Meaning

2 senses
  1. The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism

    Umschalttaste

    the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters

  2. A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys.

    Umschalttaste

    шифтšift, кла́виша шифтkláviša šift

Examples

8 sentences
  1. You need to hold the shift key.

  2. Press the shift key.

    ruНажмите на клавишу Shift. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR

  3. Try hitting the "shift" key.

  4. Did your shift key break?

  5. Hold down the shift key.

    ruУдерживайте клавишу Shift. — ae5s

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
key on a typewriter:

Origin

First use appears c. 1883 in the listing of U.S. Patents.

First use appears c. 1883 in the listing of U.S. Patents.

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Forms

plural: shift keys
Singularshift key
Pluralshift keys

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters:shift

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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