shift key
The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special…The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism
» You need to hold the shift key.
megamanenm · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesThe 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
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 sentencesYou need to hold the shift key.
Press the shift key.
ruНажмите на клавишу Shift. — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR
Try hitting the "shift" key.
Did your shift key break?
Hold down the shift key.
ruУдерживайте клавишу Shift. — ae5s
Translations
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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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