Background for shifting

shifting

/ˈʃɪftɪŋ/

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(sometimes figurative) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.

Examples :

"The teacher is shifting the desks to create more space for the class activity. "

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To change in form or character; swap.

Examples :

"The wind was shifting, making the leaves dance in different directions. "

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To change position.

Examples :

"His political stance shifted daily."

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To change residence; to leave and live elsewhere.

Examples :

"We are shifting to America next month."

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To change (clothes, especially underwear).

Examples :

"After getting caught in the rain, the toddler insisted on shifting into dry pajamas immediately. "

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To change (someone's) clothes; sometimes specifically, to change underwear.

Examples :

""After playing in the mud, the toddler needed shifting before bath time." "

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To change gears (in a car).

Examples :

"I crested the hill and shifted into fifth."

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(typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.

Examples :

"To type the word "Hello," I had to shift the keys to get the capital "H". "

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(computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.

Examples :

"She was shifting to type the exclamation point for emphasis at the end of her text message. "

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To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.

Examples :

"Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100."

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To remove the first value from an array.

Examples :

"The teacher is shifting the first student's name from the waiting list to the class roster. "

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Examples :

"How can I shift a grass stain?"

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Examples :

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

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To engage in sexual petting.

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To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.

Examples :

"To finish the project on time, Sarah had to shift her strategy and work late every night. "

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To practice indirect or evasive methods.

Examples :

"Instead of directly answering the question about who broke the vase, the child kept shifting, talking about unrelated events and changing the subject. "

attitude action communication

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In violin-playing, to move the left hand from its original position next to the nut.

Examples :

"The student was shifting smoothly up the fingerboard to reach the higher notes on the violin. "

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noun

A shift or change; a shifting movement.

Examples :

"The shifting of the books on the shelf revealed a hidden photograph. "

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The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.

Examples :

"The noticeable awkwardness in the sentence, "Eats slowly John the pie," clearly demonstrates the effect of shifting as the subject and adverb have swapped positions around the verb. "

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