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Detailed Synonyms for shifting in English

shifting:

shifting [the ~] noun

  1. the shifting
    the shifting
  2. the shifting
    the shifting; the sorting
  3. the shifting
    the shifting; the detour
  4. the shifting
    the displacement; the shifting; the overthrowing
  5. the shifting
    – the act of moving from one place to another 1
    the shift; the shifting
    – the act of moving from one place to another 1
    • shift [the ~] noun
    • shifting [the ~] noun
      • his constant shifting disrupted the class1

shifting

  1. shifting
    displacement; shifting

shifting adj

  1. shifting
    – (of soil) unstable 1
    shifting; unfirm
    – (of soil) unstable 1
  2. shifting
    – changing position or direction 1
    shifting; shifty
    – changing position or direction 1
    • shifting adj
      • he drifted into the shifting crowd1
      • their nervous shifting glances1
    • shifty adj
      • shifty winds1
  3. shifting
    – continuously varying 1
    shifting
    – continuously varying 1
    • shifting adj
      • taffeta with shifting colors1

Translation Matrix for shifting:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
detour detour; shifting alternative route; detour; relief route; roundabout route; roundabout way; traffic diversion
displacement displacement; overthrowing; shifting deracination; displacement; displacement reaction; shift; supplanting; translation
overthrowing displacement; overthrowing; shifting
shift shift; shifting break; chemise; displacement; duty period; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; sack; shift; shift key; shimmy; slip; switch; switching; teddy; transformation; transmutation; work shift
shifting detour; displacement; overthrowing; shift; shifting; sorting
sorting shifting; sorting accumulation; categorisation; categorization; classification; clutter; collection; compilation; gathering; pack; pile; piling up; selecting; sifting; sort; sorting
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
detour detour
shift agitate; budge; careen; change; change over; convert; dislocate; dislodge; lurch; move; pitch; reduce; remove; reposition; resolve; reverse; shift; simplify; stir; swing around; switch; tilt; trace back; transfer; transform; turn; twist; wobble
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
shifting shifting; shifty; unfirm
shifty shifting; shifty devious; dubious; grimy; nasty; obscure; problematic; questionable; scary; shady; shifty; sinister; slimy; suspect; suspicious; uncertain; unreliable
unfirm shifting; unfirm unfirm; unsteady
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
displacement displacement; shifting
shift move; shift; turn; working period
shifting displacement; shifting

Related Words for "shifting":


Alternate Synonyms for "shifting":


Related Definitions for "shifting":

  1. (of soil) unstable1
    • shifting sands1
  2. changing position or direction1
    • he drifted into the shifting crowd1
    • their nervous shifting glances1
  3. continuously varying1
    • taffeta with shifting colors1
  4. the act of moving from one place to another1
    • his constant shifting disrupted the class1

shift:

to shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)

  1. to shift
    to transfer; to shift; to move; to dislocate; to convert; to transform; to remove; to resolve; to reduce; to trace back; to simplify
    • transfer verb (transfers, transferred, transferring)
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
    • move verb (moves, moved, moving)
    • dislocate verb (dislocates, dislocated, dislocating)
    • convert verb (converts, converted, converting)
    • transform verb (transforms, transformed, transforming)
    • remove verb (removes, removed, removing)
    • resolve verb (resolves, resolved, resolving)
    • reduce verb (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • trace back verb (traces back, traced back, tracing back)
    • simplify verb (simplifies, simplified, simplifying)
  2. to shift
    to shift; to move
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
    • move verb (moves, moved, moving)
  3. to shift
    to reverse; to shift; to swing around; to turn; to twist
    • reverse verb (reverses, reversed, reversing)
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
    • swing around verb (swings around, swung around, swinging around)
    • turn verb (turns, turned, turning)
    • twist verb (twists, twisted, twisting)
  4. to shift
    to shift; to turn
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
    • turn verb (turns, turned, turning)
  5. to shift
    – make a shift in or exchange of 1
    to shift; to switch; to change over
    – make a shift in or exchange of 1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
    • switch verb (switches, switched, switching)
      • First Joe led; then we switched1
    • change over verb (changes over, changed over, changing over)
  6. to shift
    – move and exchange for another 1
    to shift
    – move and exchange for another 1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
      • shift the date for our class reunion1
  7. to shift
    – lay aside, abandon, or leave for another 1
    to shift; to change; to switch
    – lay aside, abandon, or leave for another 1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
    • change verb (changes, changed, changing)
      • The car changed lanes1
    • switch verb (switches, switched, switching)
      • switch to a different brand of beer1
      • She switched psychiatrists1
  8. to shift
    – change gears 1
    to shift
    – change gears 1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
      • you have to shift when you go down a steep hill1
  9. to shift
    – move from one setting or context to another 1
    to shift
    – move from one setting or context to another 1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
      • shift the emphasis1
      • shift one's attention1
  10. to shift
    – change in quality 1
    to shift
    – change in quality 1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
      • His tone shifted1
  11. to shift
    – change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change 1
    to shift
    – change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change 1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
      • Grimm showed how the consonants shifted1
  12. to shift
    – use a shift key on a keyboard 1
    to shift
    – use a shift key on a keyboard 1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
      • She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case1
  13. to shift
    – move abruptly 1
    to shift; to pitch; to lurch
    – move abruptly 1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
    • pitch verb (pitches, pitched, pitching)
    • lurch verb (lurches, lurched, lurching)
      • The ship suddenly lurched to the left1
  14. to shift
    – change place or direction 1
    to shift; to dislodge; reposition
    – change place or direction 1
  15. to shift
    – move sideways or in an unsteady way 1
    to shift; to wobble; to tilt; careen
    – move sideways or in an unsteady way 1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
    • wobble verb (wobbles, wobbled, wobbling)
    • tilt verb (tilts, tilted, tilting)
    • careen verb
      • The ship careened out of control1
  16. to shift
    – move very slightly 1
    to shift; to stir; to agitate; to budge
    – move very slightly 1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
      • He shifted in his seat1
    • stir verb (stirs, stirred, stirring)
    • agitate verb (agitates, agitated, agitating)
    • budge verb (budges, budged, budging)
  17. to shift
    – move around 1
    to transfer; to shift
    – move around 1
    • transfer verb (transfers, transferred, transferring)
      • transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket1
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)
  18. to shift
    – In programming, to move the bit values one position to the left or right in a register or memory location. 2
    to shift
    – In programming, to move the bit values one position to the left or right in a register or memory location. 2
    • shift verb (shifts, shifted, shifting)

Conjugations for shift:

present
  1. shift
  2. shift
  3. shifts
  4. shift
  5. shift
  6. shift
simple past
  1. shifted
  2. shifted
  3. shifted
  4. shifted
  5. shifted
  6. shifted
present perfect
  1. have shifted
  2. have shifted
  3. has shifted
  4. have shifted
  5. have shifted
  6. have shifted
past continuous
  1. was shifting
  2. were shifting
  3. was shifting
  4. were shifting
  5. were shifting
  6. were shifting
future
  1. shall shift
  2. will shift
  3. will shift
  4. shall shift
  5. will shift
  6. will shift
continuous present
  1. am shifting
  2. are shifting
  3. is shifting
  4. are shifting
  5. are shifting
  6. are shifting
subjunctive
  1. be shifted
  2. be shifted
  3. be shifted
  4. be shifted
  5. be shifted
  6. be shifted
diverse
  1. shift!
  2. let's shift!
  5. shifted
  6. shifting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

shift

  1. shift
    shift; working period
  2. shift
    shift

shift [the ~] noun

  1. the shift
    – the act of changing one thing or position for another 1
    the shift; the switch; the switching
    – the act of changing one thing or position for another 1
    • shift [the ~] noun
    • switch [the ~] noun
      • his switch on abortion cost him the election1
    • switching [the ~] noun
  2. the shift
    – the act of moving from one place to another 1
    the shift; the shifting
    – the act of moving from one place to another 1
    • shift [the ~] noun
    • shifting [the ~] noun
      • his constant shifting disrupted the class1
  3. the shift
    – a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist 1
    the shift; the sack; the chemise
    – a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist 1
  4. the shift
    – a woman's sleeveless undergarment 1
    the shift; the slip; the teddy; the chemise; the shimmy
    – a woman's sleeveless undergarment 1
  5. the shift
    – the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters 1
    the shift; the shift key
    – the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters 1
  6. the shift
    – a qualitative change 1
    the shift; the transformation; the transmutation
    – a qualitative change 1
  7. the shift
    – an event in which something is displaced without rotation 1
    the shift; the displacement
    – an event in which something is displaced without rotation 1
  8. the shift
    – a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time 1
    the shift
    – a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time 1
  9. the shift
    – (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other 1
    the shift; the break; the fault; the fracture; the geological fault; the faulting
    – (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other 1
  10. the shift
    – the time period during which you are at work 1
    the shift; the duty period; the work shift
    – the time period during which you are at work 1

Translation Matrix for shift:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
break break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift breach; break; break of serve; breakage; breaking; breakout; disruption; escape; escaping; falling out; flight; fracture; gaolbreak; gap; getting away; good luck; happy chance; intermission; interruption; interval; jailbreak; lunch; lunch break; lunch hour; lunch time; open frame; pause; playtime; prison-breaking; prisonbreak; recess; respite; rest-break; rift; rupture; severance; suspension; time out
careen careen; rock; sway; tilt
change alteration; altering; amendment; barter; bartering; bending; change; change of form; changing; commutation; conversion; crisis; emergency situation; exchange; haggling; modification; mutation; reformation; remodelling; shady dealings; state of emergency; swap; swerve; switch; switch-over; swop; trade-in; transfer; transformation; transposition; turn; turning-point; variety; wheeling and dealing
chemise chemise; sack; shift; shimmy; slip; teddy
convert convert
displacement displacement; shift deracination; displacement; displacement reaction; overthrowing; shifting; supplanting; translation
duty period duty period; shift; work shift
fault break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift blame; blunder; defect; demerit; error; failing; fault; flaw; gas; hoot; howler; immorality; imperfection; incorrectness; mistake; oversight; reprimand; reproach; scream; sin; slip; vice
faulting break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift
fracture break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift break; crack; cracking; fracture
geological fault break; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; shift
lurch lunge; lurch; pitch; pitching; stagger; stumble
move manoeuver; manoeuvre; motility; motion; move; movement; relocation; sham battle; sham fight
pitch auction pitch; delivery; intonation; lurch; note; pitch; pitch shot; pitching; rake; sales pitch; sales talk; slant; sound; tar; timber; timbre; tone; tone colour
remove dust; remove; wipe off
reposition repositing; reposition; storage; warehousing
resolve declaration; firmness; firmness of purpose; resoluteness; resolution; resolve
reverse accident; adversity; antipole; back; bad luck; black eye; blow; calamity; contrary; destitution; disaster; drawback; evil; flipside; misery; misfortune; misère; opposite; other side; otherside; rear side; reversal; reverse; reverse gear; reversion; seamy side; setback; squalor; tribulation; trouble; turnabout; turnaround; verso
sack chemise; sack; shift carrier bag; discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; hammock; liberation; paper bag; pocket; poke; pouch; release; sac; sack; sackful; sacking; sacque
shift break; chemise; displacement; duty period; fault; faulting; fracture; geological fault; sack; shift; shift key; shifting; shimmy; slip; switch; switching; teddy; transformation; transmutation; work shift
shift key shift; shift key shift key
shifting shift; shifting detour; displacement; overthrowing; shifting; sorting
shimmy chemise; shift; shimmy; slip; teddy shimmy
slip chemise; shift; shimmy; slip; teddy berth; blunder; case; cover; cutting; descent; eluding; elusion; error; failing; fault; faux pas; flaw; gaffe; gas; gaucherie; hoot; howler; inclination; incline; incorrectness; knickers; miscue; mistake; moorage; mooring; oversight; panties; parapraxis; petticoat; pillow slip; pillowcase; ramp; scream; sideslip; skid; slick; slickness; slip; slip of paper; slip of the tongue; slip-up; slipperiness; slope; solecism; strip; trip; underpants
stir ado; argy-bargy; bustle; commotion; flurry; fuss; hubble-bubble; hustle; splash; squabbling; stir
switch shift; switch; switching button; change; commutator; current-reverser; electric switch; electrical switch; exchange; light switch; permutation; replacement; reverser; stud; sub; substitute; substitution; switch; track; transposition
switching shift; switch; switching switching
teddy chemise; shift; shimmy; slip; teddy teddy; teddy bear
tilt arguing; argument; careen; contention; contestation; controversy; disceptation; disputation; inclination; joust; lean; leaning; list; rock; sway; tilt
transfer cargo; carry-over; carrying-traffic; cession; change; conveyance; data transfer; forwarding; goods-traffic; handover; interchange station; mutation; remittance; road transport; sending; switch-over; transfer; transfer of training; transferee; transference; transferral; transport; transportation
transformation shift; transformation; transmutation alteration; altering; change; change of form; changing; conversion; metamorphosis; re-creation; reformation; remodelling; transformation; translation; transposition
transmutation shift; transformation; transmutation transmutation; transubstantiation
turn act; bend; bit; bobbin; bout; change; coil; crisis; crook; curve; emergency situation; game; go; good turn; inversion; number; orbit; play; reel; revolution; roll; rotation; round; routine; spell; spool; state of emergency; swerve; tour; turn; turn of events; turning; turning-point; twist; winder; winding
twist bend; braid; coil; construction; crook; device; difference of opinion; dispute; eddy; gimmick; joint; kink; loop; looping; plait; pull; quarrel; row; slip knot; spin; spiral; tag; torsion; tress; turn; turn of events; twirl; twist; twisting; whirl; wind; winding; wrench
wobble wobble
work shift duty period; shift; work shift
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
agitate agitate; budge; shift; stir act; agitate; budge; campaign; charge; charge up; commove; crusade; deal; deal with; disturb; excite; fight; foment; mix; press; push; raise up; rouse; shake; shake up; stir; stir up; turn on; vex
break bankrupt; become defective; better; breach; break; break away; break dance; break down; break in; break into pieces; break off; break out; break to pieces; break up; break-dance; bump; burst; bust; cave in; check; collapse; come apart; conk out; crack; damp; dampen; dawn; demote; destroy; develop; die; discontinue; erupt; fail; fall apart; fall in; fall to pieces; founder; fracture; get around; get out; give; give out; give way; go; go against; go bad; infract; infringe; intentionally destroy; intermit; interrupt; kick downstairs; knock to pieces; misbehave; offend; part; pause; recrudesce; refract; relegate; ruin; separate; shatter; smash; smash into pieces; smash to pieces; smash up; snap; snap off; soften; split; split up; stop; throw in; transgress; violate; weaken; wear; wear out; wreck
budge agitate; budge; shift; stir agitate; budge; get going; lose ground; make way for; move; put in motion; set in motion; shake up; stir
careen careen; shift; tilt; wobble careen; keel; lurch; reel; stagger; swag
change change; shift; switch alter; barter; bend; change; change for; change over; commute; convert; create; deepen; do over again; exchange; interchange; invent; make; modify; put other clothes on; reform; refresh; renew; reshape; rewrite; shunt; stop over; swap; switch; swop; trade; trade in; transfer; transform; turn back; vary
change over change over; shift; switch change; change over; convert; stop over; switch over
convert convert; dislocate; move; reduce; remove; resolve; shift; simplify; trace back; transfer; transform break up; change; change for; change over; christianize; commute; convert; convince; dig; exchange; interchange; plough; plough up; rebuild; reform; reverse; shunt; swap; switch; switch over; swop; trade; transpose; win over
dislocate convert; dislocate; move; reduce; remove; resolve; shift; simplify; trace back; transfer; transform dislocate; luxate; slip; splay
dislodge dislodge; reposition; shift bump; dislodge; free; knock open
fault blame; fault
fracture break; break to pieces; fracture; refract; smash
lurch lurch; pitch; shift careen; jolt; keel; lurch; prowl; reel; rock; skunk; stagger; swag
move convert; dislocate; move; reduce; remove; resolve; shift; simplify; trace back; transfer; transform act; actuate; affect; be active; be going to; budge; cause emotions; concern; displace; get going; go; hit; impress; incite; lift away; lift over; locomote; make a motion; motivate; move; move from place to place; move house; move on; pass; proceed; prompt; propel; push; put in motion; relocate; remove; run; set in motion; stir; strike; touch; transfer; travel; travel from place to place; walk
pitch lurch; pitch; shift cant; cant over; deliver; fling; flip; gear; hawk; huckster; incline; monger; peddle; pitch; set up; sky; slant; slope; tilt; toss; vend
reduce convert; dislocate; move; reduce; remove; resolve; shift; simplify; trace back; transfer; transform abbreviate; abridge; boil down; bring down; come down; concentrate; condense; confine; contract; crop; curtail; cut; cut back; cut down; damp; decoct; decrease; deoxidise; deoxidize; dilute; diminish; drop; dwindle; foreshorten; go down; keep down; lessen; limit; lose weight; lower; make smaller; mark down; melt off; minimise; minimize; quash; reduce; repress; scale down; shorten; shrink; shrink away; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; simplify; slenderise; slenderize; slim; slim down; subdue; subjugate; thicken; thin; thin out; tighten; trace back; trim; trim back; trim down
remove convert; dislocate; move; reduce; remove; resolve; shift; simplify; trace back; transfer; transform absent; be shortcoming; blame; bump off; carry off; clean; clean out; clear; clear away; clear out; clear up; decline; decrease; deprive of; discharge; disgorge; dismantle; dispatch; do out; drain; dust; dwindle; empty; entomb; expel; finish; get rid of; give a good cleaning; go thieving; hit; hold it against s.o.; inter; lead off; move; move house; move out; murder; off; oust; polish off; put out; rebuke; remove; reprimand; reproach; resent; settle; shrink; slay; strip down; take; take apart a machine; take away; take off; take out; transfer; unharness; unrig; wain; wash; withdraw
reposition dislodge; reposition; shift reposition
resolve convert; dislocate; move; reduce; remove; resolve; shift; simplify; trace back; transfer

Related Words for "shift":


Alternate Synonyms for "shift":


Related Definitions for "shift":

  1. the act of changing one thing or position for another1
  2. the act of moving from one place to another1
  3. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist1
  4. a woman's sleeveless undergarment1
  5. the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters1
  6. a qualitative change1
  7. an event in which something is displaced without rotation1
  8. a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time1
  9. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other1
  10. the time period during which you are at work1
  11. make a shift in or exchange of1
  12. move and exchange for another1
    • shift the date for our class reunion1
  13. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another1
  14. change gears1
    • you have to shift when you go down a steep hill1
  15. move from one setting or context to another1
    • shift the emphasis1
    • shift one's attention1
  16. change in quality1
    • His tone shifted1
  17. change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change1
    • Grimm showed how the consonants shifted1
  18. use a shift key on a keyboard1
    • She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case1
  19. move abruptly1
  20. change place or direction1
  21. move sideways or in an unsteady way1
  22. move very slightly1
    • He shifted in his seat1
  23. move around1
  24. In programming, to move the bit values one position to the left or right in a register or memory location.2

Related Synonyms for shifting


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