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to (cause something or someone to) move or change from one position or direction to another, especially slightly:

She shifted (her weight) uneasily from one foot to the other.

The wind is expected to shift (to the east) tomorrow.

C1 [ I ]

(of an idea, opinion, etc.) to change:

Society's attitudes towards women have shifted enormously over the last century.

Media attention has shifted recently onto environmental issues.

[ T ] mainly US(UK usually change)

to move the gears of a vehicle into different positions in order to make it go faster or slower:

In cars that are automatics, you don't have to bother with shifting gears.

 shift house

Indian English

to leave your home in order to live in a new one; move house

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shift verb (GET RID OF)

[ T ] UK informal

to get rid of something unwanted, or to sell something:

Modern detergents will shift most stains.

The people at the toy shop expect to shift a lot of stock in the run-up to Christmas.

Các thành ngữ

shift yourself

shift (your) ground

Cụm động từ

shift for yourself

shift

noun

shift noun (GROUP)

B2 [ C, + sing/pl verb ]

a group of workers who do a job for a period of time during the day or night, or the period of time itself:

As the night shift leave/leaves, the day shift arrive/arrives.

Are you on the night shift or the day shift? (= Do you work during the night period or the day period?)

shift noun (CHANGE)

C1 [ C ]

a change in position or direction:

a shift in the wind/temperature

The shift in the balance of power in the region has had far-reaching consequences.

There has been a dramatic shift in public opinion towards peaceful negotiations.

shift noun (DRESS)

[ C ]

a simple dress that hangs straight from the shoulders

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shift | Từ điển Anh Mỹ

shift

verb [ I/T ]

shift verb [I/T] (MOVE OR CHANGE)

to change direction or move from one person, position, or place to another:

[ I ] The wind shifted to the east.

[ T ] She shifted her weight from one foot to the other.

[ T ] He tried to shift the blame onto his sister.

If you shift your emphasis or attitude, you change it:

[ T ] Our attention has shifted from baseball to the election.

When you shift the gears of a vehicle, you move them into different positions to change the speed of the vehicle.

Thành ngữ

shift gears

shift

noun [ C ]

shift noun [C] (PERIOD)

the period that a person is scheduled to work, or a group of workers who work during the same period of time:

I’m working the day shift this month.

The night shift is finished at 7 a.m.

shift noun [C] (MOVE OR CHANGE)

a change in position or direction:

There’s been a substantial shift in doctors’ methods.

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shift

verb

[ T ]

to move something to a different place or position:

shift sth to sth They shifted the money to another account.

shift sth out of sth Rising costs forced them to shift manufacturing work out of Europe.

[ I or T ]

to change an opinion, idea, etc.:

shift focus/emphasis/attention

shift (sth) away from sth They have shifted the emphasis of the business away from traditional manufacturing.

shift (sth) towards sth The company has shifted towards a more flexible marketing mix.

HR have shifted their position on overtime working and this will no longer be encouraged.

[ T ]   COMMERCE   informal

to manage to sell goods:

At that time, Sony had shifted 30 million Playstation3 consoles since launch.

The sales projections were over-optimistic and left them with $100 million of stock they couldn't shift.

shift

noun

[ C ]   HR, WORKPLACE

an agreed period of time during the day or night when particular employees work, in a factory, hospital, etc.:

He worked an 8 hour shift at the hospital.

begin/end your shift They begin their shift at 4pm.

[ C ]   HR, WORKPLACE

the group of workers who work at a particular time:

the day/night/late shift We work until 8am, when the day shift takes over.

[ C, usually singular ]

a movement or change in something:

a shift in sth There's been a major shift in strategy.

a shift away from/towards sth The shift towards specialisation favours smaller firms.

[ U ]   IT

on a computer keyboard, a key that changes the letter, number, or symbol that would normally appear when you press another key at the same time:

Press shift to capitalize letters.

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back shift

graveyard shift

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