shifting

  • 1Shifting — Shift ing, a. 1. Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. [1913 Webster] 2. Adapted or used for shifting anything. [1913 Webster] {Shifting backstays} (Naut.),… …

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  • 2shifting — I adjective alternating, changeable, changing, deviating, digressive, discursive, drifting, fluctuating, inconstant, interim, roaming, roving, straying, transient, transitory, uncertain, vacillating, varying, wandering, wavering associated… …

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  • 3shifting — UK US /ˈʃɪftɪŋ/ adjective [before noun] ► changing all the time: »Our marketing needs to keep up with shifting consumer profiles …

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  • 4shifting — shift|ing [ ʃıftıŋ ] adjective 1. ) shifting objects, lights, or SHADOWS frequently change their shape or appearance: shifting patterns of light 2. ) shifting things such as standards or relationships are always changing: shifting moral values… …

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  • 5shifting — UK [ˈʃɪftɪŋ] / US adjective 1) shifting objects, lights, or shadows frequently change their shape or appearance shifting patterns of light 2) shifting things such as standards or relationships are always changing shifting moral values • shifting… …

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  • 6shifting — I noun the act of moving from one place to another his constant shifting disrupted the class • Syn: ↑shift • Derivationally related forms: ↑shift, ↑shifty (for: ↑shift) …

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  • 7shifting — [[t]ʃɪ̱ftɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Shifting is used to describe something which is made up of parts that are continuously moving and changing position in relation to other parts. → See also shift ...the shifting sand beneath their feet... The Croatian… …

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  • 8shifting — Synonyms and related words: aberrancy, aberrant, aberration, aberrative, adrift, afloat, alternating, alternation, amorphous, bend, bias, bickering, boggling, branching off, capricious, captiousness, caviling, changeable, changeful, chicane,… …

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  • 9Shifting — Shift Shift (sh[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shifting}.] [OE. shiften, schiften, to divide, change, remove. AS. sciftan to divide; akin to LG. & D. schiften to divide, distinguish, part Icel. skipta to divide, to part,… …

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  • 10shifting — noun A shift; a shifting movement …

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