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You're listening to Joanna
She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 1187
shift
ʃɪft ![Listen](https://i0.wp.com/ringolingo.com/wp-content/plugins/ringo-lingo/public/images/listen-icon-blue.png?w=1100&ssl=1)
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Meanings
verb
- move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.E.g. a team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house
- change gear in a vehicle.E.g. she shifted down to fourth
- be evasive or indirect.E.g. they know not how to shift and rob as the old ones do
noun
- a slight change in position, direction, or tendency.E.g. a shift in public opinion
- each of two or more recurring periods in which different groups of workers do the same jobs in relay.E.g. Anne was on the night shift
- a woman's straight unwaisted dress.
- an ingenious or devious device or stratagem.E.g. the thousand shifts and devices of which Hannibal was a master
Practise saying this word
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You
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