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shift [shifts] (act of shifting) noun [UK: ʃɪft] [US: ˈʃɪft] | mutamentonoun spostamentonoun |
shift [shifts] (change of workers) noun [UK: ʃɪft] [US: ˈʃɪft] | cambionoun turnonoun |
shift [shifted, shifting, shifts] (to change, swap) verb [UK: ʃɪft] [US: ˈʃɪft] | barattareverb permutareverb scambiareverb |
shift [shifted, shifting, shifts] (to change gears) verb [UK: ʃɪft] [US: ˈʃɪft] | cambiareverb |
shift [shifted, shifting, shifts] (to move from one place to another) verb [UK: ʃɪft] [US: ˈʃɪft] | muoversiverb slittareverb spostarsiverb |
shift gears (change the gear by which motion is transmitted) verb | cambiare marciaverb |
shifty [shiftier, shiftiest] (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable) adjective [UK: ˈʃɪf.ti] [US: ˈʃɪf.ti] | ambiguoadjective equivocoadjective sfuggenteadjective |
shifty [shiftier, shiftiest] (Subject to frequent changes in direction) adjective [UK: ˈʃɪf.ti] [US: ˈʃɪf.ti] | mutevoleadjective sfuggevoleadjective volubileadjective |
Lamb shift (difference between energy levels) noun | spostamento di Lambnoun |
make shift (contrive, find a way through difficulty) verb [UK: ˈmeɪk ʃɪft] [US: ˈmeɪk ˈʃɪft] | improvvisareverb ingegnarsiverb |
makeshift (made to work or suffice) adjective [UK: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft] [US: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft] | arraffazzonatoadjective di fortunaadjective improvvisatoadjective provvisorioadjective |
makeshift [makeshifts] (temporary substitution) noun [UK: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft] [US: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft] | improvvisazionenoun ripiegonoun |
night shift [night shifts] (period) noun [UK: naɪt ʃɪft] [US: ˈnaɪt ˈʃɪft] | nottenoun terzanoun terzo turnonoun turno di nottenoun turno notturnonoun |
paradigm shift (change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries) noun [UK: ˈpæ.rə.daɪm ʃɪft] [US: ˈpe.rə.ˌdaɪm ˈʃɪft] | cambiamento di paradigmanoun mutamento di paradigmanoun scienza rivoluzionarianoun |
redshift [redshifts] (change in wavelength) noun [UK: rˈedʃɪft] [US: rˈedʃɪft] | spostamento verso il rossonoun |
semantic shift (linguistics) noun | |
shape-shifter (person who can transform) noun | mutaformanoun |