Meaning

20 senses
  1. (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

  2. (ergative, figuratively)To change in form or character; switch.

    change gears

  3. (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

  4. (India, intransitive)To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.

    We are shifting to America next month.

  5. (intransitive)To change gears (in an automobile).

    I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.

    umschalten

    переключа́тьpereključátʹ, переключи́тьpereključítʹ

  6. To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters or special characters.

  7. To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters or special characters.

  8. (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.

  9. (transitive)To remove (the first value from an array).

  10. (transitive)To dispose of, remove.

    How can I shift a grass stain?

  11. (intransitive)To hurry; to move quickly.

    If you shift, you might make the 2:19.

    move abruptly

  12. (Ireland, slang, transitive, vulgar)To engage in sexual petting with.

Examples

455 sentences
  1. Tom refused to work the night shift.

    Том відмовився працювати у нічну зміну.

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  2. Tom works the night shift.

    Том працює в нічну зміну.

    ruТом работает в ночную смену.

    deTom hat Nachtschicht.

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  3. How long was your shift?

    Скільки часу тривала твоя зміна?

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  4. Tom refuses to work the night shift.

    Том відмовляється працювати у нічну зміну.

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  5. My shift's over in a couple of hours.

    Моя зміна закінчується за пару годин.

    ruМоя смена заканчивается через пару часов.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
to change, swap:
transitive: to move from one place to another:
intransitive: to change position:
to change gears:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
transitive: to move from one place to another:
to change gears:

Origin

The verb is from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate i

The 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, shifted
Base formshift · to shift
3rd person singularshifts
Present participleshifting
Past simpleshifted
Past participleshifted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyshift
he, she, itshifts

Past simpleLesson

all personsshifted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave shifted
he, she, ithas shifted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill shift

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

105 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

32 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • the night shift
  • night shift
  • the late shift
  • shift ends
  • late shift

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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