Synonym: alter, change, substitute, vary. Similar words: lift, drift, fifty, fifth, gifted, fifteen, gift shop, shit. Meaning: [ʃɪft] 
n. 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 5. the act of moving from one place to another 6. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other 7. a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time 8. the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters 9. a woman's sleeveless undergarment 10. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist. v. 1. make a shift in or exchange of 2. change place or direction 3. move around 4. move very slightly 5. move from one setting or context to another 6. change in quality 7. move and exchange for another 8. move sideways or in an unsteady way 9. move abruptly 10. use a shift key on a keyboard 11. change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change 12. change gears 13. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.
n. 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 5. the act of moving from one place to another 6. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other 7. a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time 8. the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters 9. a woman's sleeveless undergarment 10. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist. v. 1. make a shift in or exchange of 2. change place or direction 3. move around 4. move very slightly 5. move from one setting or context to another 6. change in quality 7. move and exchange for another 8. move sideways or in an unsteady way 9. move abruptly 10. use a shift key on a keyboard 11. change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change 12. change gears 13. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another. 
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151, It should shift away from narrow economic and workplace concerns to embrace a broader view.
152, Nevertheless, Bell is right in pointing out that style shift and code switching are closely related.
153, Finally, the reforms aimed to shift the balance of power in determining use of resources from hospital doctors to general practitioners.
154, But as they acquired managerial competence, the balance began to shift.
155, Either Mrs David has had an enormous impact on her countrymen or a major paradigm shift has occurred.
156, A shift in the weather pattern, bringing low pressure systems across the Alps in December laid down a firm base.
157, There was a shift towards a more casual, private, and hedonistic style of life.
158, Again we are faced with a shift in cultural values.
159, In Fairfield and Visalia, managers constantly shift their resources to meet new needs and phase out obsolete activities.
160, They can also shift employees to other departments or require contractors to hire them at comparable wages and benefits.
161, And they put young people in touch with adult role models who can help ease the shift into adulthood.
162, The changes are intended to shift the burden from tax payer to polluter.
163, One is a shift by the government from an emphasis on the adult active citizen to the young novice citizen.
164, He also wants to shift funds to first-time home buyer programs.
165, Confusion caused by language barriers is the most obvious,(sentencedict.com) but beliefs about proper behavior and courtesy also shift across cultural lines.
166, In-house information technology people began to shift from building customized applications to helping their companies choose wisely among open systems vendors.
167, They learn to then shift from negative, self-defeating internal dialogue towards positive, more realistic, and confidence-building self-speech.
168, In Much Ado the shift to verse expresses the bitterness and sense of betrayal felt by Claudio at Hero's supposed infidelity.
169, The shift was an unbroken sixteen hours and the children were clothed in rags.
169, Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and make good sentences.
170, The tax will shift the burden of local taxation between different households and different income groups.
171, Hence the shift in emphasis from the finished work to the actual process of creation of the Action painters and others.
172, It was decisive, in that it was marked by a shift in the character of the student body.
173, As it was Britain's shift to protectionism and Imperial Preference provoked much criticism from Washington.
174, The reason is that the distribution of imperfectly competitive firms across countries can now shift to accommodate differences in factor endowments.
175, He claimed that the site was geologically unsound and any stress caused by a shift in water levels could cause an earthquake.
176, In half an hour a dozen or so cars would drive into the inner courtyard and the morning shift would take over.
177, We got up at 6 a.m. to start making bacon and tomato butties for the Co-op Bakery and homeward-bound shift workers.
178, However, as secondments became more difficult to obtain, there appears to be a shift in the direction of part-time courses.
179, Although district councils will have more scope to refuse applications, Labour councillors fear some policy controls could shift to central Government.
180, Parke doesn't deny it, noting a shift from protesting outside bases towards well-mannered lobbying in the corridors of power.
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