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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181, The alarm clock overhead read 5.28, time for a quick cup of tea before his new shift began.
182, The variable we are interested in here is the variable which has caused the shift in the aggregate demand curve.
183, It would only shift if the government chose to alter the money supply.
184, It is this fascinating shift in power that forms the basis of Hugo Vickers' compelling article about the Waleses.
185, It is the Tribunal's view that the present arrangements regarding Shift Allowance etc. should apply. 2.
186, The shift that Kepler represents was not merely the collapse of a traditional boundary between two academic disciplines.
187, It did not want the political centre of gravity to shift across the river.
188, We shall concentrate on the product market, then shift our attention later in the chapter to the resource market.
189, Conversely, an electricity tax that makes robots more expensive would shift the balance in the other direction, back toward labor.
190, Networks shift privacy from the realm of morals to the marketplace; privacy becomes a commodity.
191, I shift down the bench to make room for a girl with a knee brace.
192, Recent California proposals attempt to shift the burden to parents to prove their fitness.
193, Zoom Control Move mouse over the molecule, hold Shift key, click and hold mouse button and drag.
194, Some economists attribute much of the rising wage inequality in this country to the shift in favor of the most skilled workers.
195, But it would signal a policy shift by the central bank that could crimp the economy severely later on.
196, Regular thorough cleaning is necessary to shift all cooking residues.
197, This means that as firms leave an industry. the supply curve will shift to the left.
198, This shift to figural and postmodern films has also taken place in art cinema.
199, There has been a shift towards the power of marketing and advertising of the brand,[sentencedict.com] the product's known image. Sentencedict.com
200, In the normal diagram, a shift of the demand curve causes a movement along the supply curve.
201, This shift hurts affordability, Mikulecky noted, because single-family homes cost more than attached condominiums.
202, The extent of the shift registered by these approaches becomes clear when compared with its antecedents.
203, As with arithmetic shift, each bit is moved a number of positions to the left or right.
204, Bell, like Fisher and Clark before him, cites Engel's Law in support of this shift in demand.
205, Successful practice requires a thorough understanding of how a shift from practical to verbal consciousness occurs and may be facilitated.
206, Yet, without altering the basic components of the mix, it was possible to detect a shift in the nuances.
207, This subtle shift has a great deal to do with the current fashion accessory of an eligible husband rather than an eligible boss.
208, We need a shift in cultural and political attitudes about parking lots.
209, The literature of the time provides ample evidence of a dramatic shift in public attitudes.
210, But it is better understood as a shift in the continuity-producing frame.
More similar words: lift, drift, fifty, fifth, gifted, fifteen, gift shop, shit, T-shirt, cash in, fishing, fashion, cash in on, ownership, membership, leadership, old-fashioned, citizenship, scholarship, partnership, championship, relationship.