Phrase Hound found 96 phrases and 65 compound words that contain shift. The most common are listed below. Open shift in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 96
- paradigm shiftA radical change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated when new scientific discoveries produce anomalies in the current paradigm.
- night shiftA regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours.
- shift keyThe key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism
- make shiftTo contrive; to invent a way of surmounting a difficulty.
- gear shiftThat part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.
- day shiftA regularly scheduled period of work during daylight hours, especially 8AM to 4PM; sometimes a 12-hour shift, such as 6AM to 6PM.
- Phase-shift
- shift the cutTo surreptitiously restore a deck of cards to their original sequence after having cut the deck.
- Great Vowel ShiftA major change in the pronunciation of the English language, affecting the sounds of long vowels, that took place in England between 1350 and 1700.
- semantic shiftA change in the meaning of a word over time.
- chain shiftA phonological modification of a vowel system or sometimes consonant system in which a change in a particular vowel or consonant causes other adjacent vowels or consonants to also change in order to avoid phonemic mergers.
- shift the dialTo make a significant change or impact in a particular situation or context.
- Lamb shiftA small difference between the energy levels 2S_½ and 2P_½ of the hydrogen atom, not predicted by the Dirac equation, whose detection in the Lamb–Retherford experiment of 1947 foreshadowed the development of quantum electrodynamics (in …
- first shiftA regularly scheduled period of work, the first one in the standard working day of any particular company: usually during the day; and often from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- shift dressA loose fitting dress that falls between midthigh and the knee.
- third shiftA regularly scheduled period of work, and the third one in the standard working day of any particular company: usually from midnight to 8:00 a.m.
- swing shiftA work shift between a day shift and a night shift, such as from 4PM to midnight, and the group of workers scheduled to work such a shift at a facility.
- bit shiftA bitwise operation in which the bits in a value are shifted left or right.
- language shiftThe process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language.
- shape-shiftAlternative form of shapeshift: To change one's shape or form (into another) through often magical means, normally applied only to living beings.
- shift lockA lock key on a typewriter, which, when pressed, causes all subsequently typed letters to be capitalized.
- shift registerA register designed to subject data to a shift.
- sound shifta regular sound change, especially when several phonemes are synchronously affected in analogous ways, and/or when there are several interlinked phases
- tax shifta change in taxation that eliminates or reduces some taxes and establishes or increases others, thereby keeping the overall revenue the same
- graveyard shiftA work shift late at night, especially one from midnight to 8 AM on a three-shift schedule.
Compound words 65
- redshiftAn increase in the wavelength of a photon or of light, corresponding to a lower frequency and a shift toward the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- makeshiftA temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
- frameshiftA frameshift mutation.
- shiftworkScheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours.
- timeshiftA change from one time period to another.
- downshiftA change of direction or a movement downwards.
- upshiftA shift to a higher gear.
- overshiftThe strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's strong side, leaving portions of the field or court undefended.
- blueshiftA decrease in the wavelength of a photon or of light, corresponding to a higher frequency and a shift toward the blue end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- undershiftAn unfitted undergarment that covers the torso.