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shift
What does shift mean?
shift (verb): to move from one place to another; to redistribute.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use shift in a sentence?
- We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce shift?
/ʃɪft/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does shift come from?
The verb is from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to shift
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “shift” mean?
to move from one place to another; to redistribute
Right! That's what “shift” means.
to travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle
Not quite: that's what drive means.
to examine or investigate something systematically
Not quite: that's what explore means.
to take control of; to seize by force or stratagem
Not quite: that's what capture means.
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