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Etymology
Old English sciftan �arrange, organise�, from Germanic *skiftanan. Cognate with Dutch schiften, German schichten, Norwegian skifte.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�ɪft/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪft|-ɪft

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To change, swap

#:His political stance shifted daily.

1. transitive to move from one place to another; to redistribute

#:We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office.

1. intransitive to change position

#:She shifted slightly in her seat.

1. intransitive To change gears (in a car).

#:I crested the hill and shifted into fifth.

1. context|transitive|computing to remove the first value from an array.
2. transitive to dispose of

#:How can I shift a grass stain?

1. intransitive to hurry

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

1. (Ireland, crude slang) to engage in sexual petting.

Translations
trans-top|To change, swap
Finnish: t+|fi|muuttaa
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|mudar, t+|pt|trocar
Telugu: మార��� (maarchu)
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trans-top|to move from one place to another
Finnish: t+|fi|siirtää
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|mover
Telugu: మార��� (maarchu)
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trans-top|to change position
Finnish: siirtyä
trans-mid
Portuguese: se mover
Telugu: మార� (maaru)
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trans-top|To change gears
Finnish: t+|fi|vaihtaa
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|trocar
Telugu: మార��� (maarchu)
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Noun
en-noun

1. historical a type of women's undergarment, a slip

#:Just last week she bought a new shift at the market.

1. a change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time

#:We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done.

1. an act of shifting; a slight movement or change

#:There was a shift in the political atmosphere.

1. the gear mechanism in a motor vehicle

#:Does it come with a stick-shift?

1. a button on a keyboard, chiefly for switching between upper and lower case

#:If you press shift-P, the preview display will change.

Derived terms
shiftwork, shift work
split shift
redshift

Translations
trans-top|type of women's undergarment
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trans-top|change of workers
Czech: t-|cs|sm�na|f
Finnish: työvuoro, vuoro
Greek: t|el|βά�δια|f|sc=Grek
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|cambio
Telugu: బదిల� (badilI)
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trans-top|act of shifting
Czech: posun m, posuv m
Finnish: siirtyminen, siirto, muutos
trans-mid
Spanish: cambio, desviación, deslizamiento
Telugu: మార�ప� (maarpu)
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trans-top|gear mechanism in a motor vehicle
Finnish: vaihteisto
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trans-top|button on a keyboard
Finnish: t-|fi|shift
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Category:English ergative verbs

el:shift
fa:shift
fr:shift
ko:shift
io:shift
it:shift
ku:shift
ru:shift
simple:shift
fi:shift
te:shift
vi:shift
zh:shift

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