Dictionary Check: shift

"shift" is a valid word!

Scrabble 11 points
Words with Friends 10 points

Definition

noun

an event in which something is displaced without rotation

Synonyms:
noun

a qualitative change

noun

the time period during which you are at work

noun

the act of changing one thing or position for another

Example: "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
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noun

the act of moving from one place to another

Example: "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
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noun

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

Example: "they built it right over a geological fault"

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