SHIFT

SHIFT 1 syllable

B1 · Intermediate 📏 5 letters 🎲 Scrabble 11 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. an event in which something is displaced without rotation
  2. a qualitative change
  3. the time period during which you are at work
  4. the act of changing one thing or position for another

💬 Examples

  • "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
  • "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
  • "they built it right over a geological fault"
  • "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

🔗 Similar words

displacementtransformationtransmutationwork_shiftduty_periodswitch
verb
  1. make a shift in or exchange of
  2. change place or direction
  3. move around
  4. move very slightly

💬 Examples

  • "First Joe led"
  • "then we switched"
  • "Shift one's position"
  • "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"

🔗 Similar words

switchchange_overdislodgerepositiontransferstir
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