A movement to do something, a beginning.
An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
There was a shift in the political atmosphere.
A modifier key whose main function is shifting between two or more functions of any of certain other keys (usually by pressing Shift and the other button simultaneously).
The noun is from Middle English schyft, shyffte. Cognate with German Schicht (“layer, shift”). The verb is from Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate into shares; app...
Select a language to see translations
To change in form or character; switch.
As a result, I shifted my approach to focus on group-generated activities and broadened the chronological time frame.