Shift

Quick meaning: Shift is a noun meaning A movement to do something, a beginning.

Meaning

A movement to do something, a beginning.

More Meanings

1. An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
2. A simple straight-hanging, loose-fitting dress.
3. A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
4. (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
5. Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
6. (obsolete) A share, a portion assigned on division.
7. (historical) A type of women's undergarment of dress length worn under dresses or skirts, a slip or chemise.

Example Sentences

There was a shift in the political atmosphere.

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

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

c. 1620-1626, Henry Wotton, letter to Nicholas Pey My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of air.

Word Forms

• shifts
• shifting
• shifted

Synonyms for shift

Depending on context, synonyms include workshift, relocate, transfer, budge, interchange, move.

Antonyms for shift

Common opposites include unshift.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chemise, sack, switching, teddy, slip, sway.

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