This page shows Shift in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like change or move. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.

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Shift in a sentence

Shift | Shifted | Shifts | Shifting | Shifter | Shifters | Shifty | Shiftless | Shifta

Shift meaning

  1. A movement to do something, a beginning.
  2. An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
  3. A share, a portion assigned on division.

Synonyms of Shift

change move switch displace modify alter chemise work shift modification alteration transmutation transformation translation displacement duty period

Example sentences (20)

According to Diaz, employees who were starting their early shift called 911 when they saw the crooks take off in a BMW sedan.

In addition to the shift in online shopping, what antique dealers are experiencing is a classic generational shift.

Salaried employees earn their usual pay in addition to a $150 stipend for a day shift or a $300 night shift stipend.

Both used a Bendix electric vacuum shift mechanism, with no mechanical linkage to the steering column shift lever.

If you report in for your shift and the shift is cancelled or shortened, you are entitled to minimum hours pay.

Shift after shift saw the puck locked into Edmonton’s zone, the visitors surging but unable to solve Koskinen.

So that shift, which is happening now, is a really welcome shift, and I hope that TV continues to provide that platform.

In mechanical typewriters, it worked like the Shift key, but also used a lock to keep the Shift key depressed.

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This symbol: is sometimes referred to as a phase shift or phase offset, because it represents a "shift" from zero phase.

So it was so different, this great shift in my world of making films, and this shift was an absolute delight.

That first shift was all he’d play, however, as he headed down the tunnel after quite a physical first shift.

Some authors prefer the terms sticky right-shift and zero-fill right-shift for arithmetic and logical shifts respectively.

Klein argues that there has been a shift in the usage of branding and gives examples of this shift to "anti-brand" branding.

Balancing a heap is done by shift-up or shift-down operations (swapping elements which are out of order).

About a minute and a half in, a shift occurs with “Take a shower / Wash my hair,” springing the listener out of the hazy reverie and into action.

This is a cultural, political shift in the United States and in the world, and we want a political shift in the US government.

But, to Calhoun, working the 22-hour shift, like any other shift she’s worked over the past three years, was never a question.

The next-largest shift (and the largest shift in a midterm election) also benefited an incumbent, although it was much smaller.

An example would be the "grade up" character, which had to be made from a "delta" (shift-H) and a " Sheffer stroke " (shift-M).

More significantly, bit shifting allows one to compute the square (shift left by 1) or take the square root (shift right by 1).

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These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:

Common combinations with shift

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shift" in a sentence?
An example: "According to Diaz, employees who were starting their early shift called 911 when they saw the crooks take off in a BMW sedan." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "shift" from real English texts.
What does "shift" mean?
Shift means: A movement to do something, a beginning.
What are synonyms of "shift"?
Common synonyms of "shift" include: change, move, switch, displace, modify, alter, chemise, work shift. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "shift" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "shift", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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