shift
To move from one place to anotherTo move from one place to another; to redistribute.
» Tom refused to work the night shift.
Том відмовився працювати у нічну зміну.
Meaning
20 senses(figuratively, sometimes, transitive)To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.
verschieben, verlagern, verstellen
перемеща́тьperemeščátʹ, перемести́тьperemestítʹ, дви́гатьdvígatʹ
move and exchange for another
(ergative, figuratively)To change in form or character; switch.
change gears
(figuratively, intransitive, reflexive, sometimes)To change position; to move.
She shifted slightly in her seat.
His political stance shifted daily.
перемеща́тьсяperemeščátʹsja, перемести́тьсяperemestítʹsja, дви́гатьсяdvígatʹsja
change in quality
(India, intransitive)To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.
We are shifting to America next month.
(intransitive)To change gears (in an automobile).
I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.
umschalten
переключа́тьpereključátʹ, переключи́тьpereključítʹ
To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.
To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.
(transitive)To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100.
(transitive)To remove (the first value from an array).
(transitive)To dispose of, remove.
How can I shift a grass stain?
(intransitive)To hurry; to move quickly.
If you shift, you might make the 2:19.
move abruptly
(Ireland, slang, transitive, vulgar)To engage in sexual petting with.
Examples
455 sentencesTom refused to work the night shift.
Том відмовився працювати у нічну зміну.
Tom works the night shift.
Том працює в нічну зміну.
ruТом работает в ночную смену.
deTom hat Nachtschicht.
How long was your shift?
Скільки часу тривала твоя зміна?
Tom refuses to work the night shift.
Том відмовляється працювати у нічну зміну.
My shift's over in a couple of hours.
Моя зміна закінчується за пару годин.
ruМоя смена заканчивается через пару часов.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
The verb is from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate iThe verb is from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”), from Proto-West Germanic *skiftijan, from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, from earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”). Cognate with Scots schift, skift (“to shift”), West Frisian skifte, skiftsje (“to sort”), Dutch schiften (“to sort, screen, winnow, part”), Low German schichten (“to stack, layer”), German schichten (“to stack, layer”), Swedish skifta (“to shift, change, exchange, vary”), Norwegian skifte (“to shift”), Icelandic skipta (“to switch”). See ship.
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Forms
shifts, shifting, shifted, shiftedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbs- shift offTo delay; to defer; to put off; to lay aside.
- shift outTo switch from a primary character set to an alternate (e.g. graphic) character set on a device.
- shift inTo introduce or activate a new configuration, algorithm, or processing step into a running system or workflow.
- shift aboutTo vacillate.
Synonyms
105 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
32 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Work and jobs — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
5 patterns- the night shift
- night shift
- the late shift
- shift ends
- late shift