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Meaning of "back shift" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACK SHIFT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACK SHIFT

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Back shift is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BACK SHIFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of back shift in the English dictionary

The definition of back shift in the dictionary is a group of workers who work a shift from late afternoon to midnight in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a night shift is also worked. Other definition of back shift is the period worked.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACK SHIFT

back projection
back rest
Back River
back road
back room
back row
back rub
back saw
back scatter
back seat
back slang
back story
back straight
back street
back stretch
back talk
back teeth
back to back
back to front
back to square one

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACK SHIFT

blueshift
day shift
Doppler shift
downshift
frameshift
gearshift
graveyard shift
Great Vowel Shift
Lamb shift
makeshift
night shift
paradigm shift
redshift
shift
sound shift
split shift
stick shift
swing shift
unshift
upshift
vowel shift

Synonyms and antonyms of back shift in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «back shift» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACK SHIFT

Find out the translation of back shift to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of back shift from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «back shift» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

回移
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cambios hacia atrás
570 millions of speakers

English

back shift
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वापस पारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التحول الخلفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

назад сдвиг
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mudança de volta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিছনে স্থানান্তর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vers un retour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peralihan belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zurück Verschiebung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バックシフト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다시 이동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bali maneh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thay đổi trở lại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீண்டும் ஷிப்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परत शिफ्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geri vardiya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spostamento indietro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Powrót przesunięcie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

назад зрушення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

schimbare înapoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πίσω μετατόπιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terug verskuiwing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillbaka skift
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilbake shift
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of back shift

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK SHIFT»

The term «back shift» is normally little used and occupies the 120.575 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACK SHIFT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «back shift» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «back shift» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about back shift

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACK SHIFT»

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Reports of Cases Relating to the Duty and Office of ...
Term, 1832 [-1836] Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Sandford Nevile, Sir William Montagu Manning. going double shift. Of these shifts the one is called the fore shift, and the oiher the back shift. The fore shift „ begins work, at two o'clock on ...
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Sandford Nevile, Sir William Montagu Manning, 1838
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Principles of Linguistic Change, Cognitive and Cultural Factors
Why is it that //\I moved instead of lae/ into the empty space created by the back shift of lol and its merger with lohl? Among North American English sound changes there are other cases of two neighboring phonemes competing to fill the empty ...
William Labov, 2011
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Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of ...
Of these shifts the one is called the fore shift, and the other the back shift. The fore shift begins work at two o'clock on the Monday morning, and works twelve hours on that morning and every morning during the fortnight, except on the Saturday ...
Sandford Nevile, Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, 1836
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Project Scheduling with Time Windows and Scarce Resources: ...
The back-shift operator removes the first activity h in L with i -<i h and i /c h and inserts it immediately before i (and thus behind j) if h 6 V(i). If V(ft) ^ V(i), V(ft) is placed before the first activity of V(i). Since h is the first activity after i in list L with z A, ...
Klaus Neumann-Braun, Christoph Schwindt, Jürgen Zimmermann, 2003
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Computation Structures
Put data back. Shift-control. Get data. Clear adjustment byte . Clear upper bytes . Do the shift . Put data back. Shift-control. Get data. Clear adjustment byte Do the shift . Put data back. I Actual multiply and divide instructions just use the I general  ...
Stephen A. Ward, Robert H. Halstead, 1990
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ...
One of these shifts is called the fore shift, and the other the back shift. The fore shift begins work at two o'clock on the Monday morning, and works twelve hours on that morning and every rooming during the fortnight, except on the Saturday ...
John Leycester Adolphus, Thomas Flower Ellis, 1838
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Christy Lane's Complete Book of Line Dancing
... forward, step L together, step R forward), step L forward, shift weight back on R 1 7-20 Shuffle back L (step L back, step R together, step L back), step R back, shift weight forward on L 21 -24 Shuffle forward R (step R forward, step L together , ...
Christy Lane, 2000
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A Dictionary of North East Dialect
EDD distribution to 1900: N'd, D'm, Yx back shift the second shift "back-shift - the second shift of hewers in each day. It commences about four hours after the pit begins to draw coals" Nicholson 1880; "In the back shift one worked from 9 a.m ...
Bill Griffiths, 2005
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Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery, ...
In such a course of working, the foreshift has worked eleven shifts or days' work ; and the back- shift, ten shifts or days' work. On the second fortnight the shifts are changed, the foreshift of the fortnight preceding becomes the backshift of this, ...
10
Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation: Evidence for ...
Drop your left leg back, shift your weight onto it and parry high and low with your arms (23. Wind Blowing Lotus). Pivot on your left foot and switch hand positions ( 24. Wind Blowing Lotus). Then pivot on your right foot, jump onto your left foot ...
Carol M. Davis, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACK SHIFT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term back shift is used in the context of the following news items.
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Greece was prepared to accept all bailout conditions from its creditors
Germany ready to back shift of Greek liabilities to ECB into ESM rescue fund. - Chancellor Osborne reiterated to do what was needed to protect ... «FXStreet, Jul 15»
2
Gary Lamont's Wide as the Clyde: I am at that age I have weans …
... Australia and offered to take the back shift. Thank you lassies, I love you for taking the hit and making it a working holiday. I hadn't showered, ... «Glasgow Evening Times, Jun 15»
3
South Ayrshire bin collectors could be working as late as 10pm …
The new plans would see a morning shift from 6am until 2pm, and a back shift from 1.45pm until 9.45pm. But bin men in South Ayrshire have ... «Scottish Daily Record, May 15»
4
Fashion FYI: 14-year-old designer has collection in Ross Park Mall …
Prices range from $26 to $89 and include everything from a cropped halter top to an open-back shift dress to a graphic T-shirt. «Tribune-Review, May 15»
5
How to spec out a mobile command vehicle
Half of his officers live 30-60 miles away, and are occasionally scheduled for a double-back shift. During a month-long event, officers “hot bunked” in the MCV 24 ... «Police News, May 15»
6
Interview: Danny Boushebel on his upcoming role in Elementary
And if I had to go back shift things around knowing what I know today, I wouldn't change a thing about it as I feel that my journey thus far has ... «Flickering Myth, May 15»
7
Budget workshop has council looking at cuts
... item because the newly hired officers would need vehicles and that back-to-back shift use of vehicles led to unnecessary wear-and-tear. «Pontiac Daily Leader, May 15»
8
Haddington Golf Course is targeted by vandals
“We are giving the area patrols during the back shift and night shift.” The officer highlighted that the golf club was also targeted for a spell last ... «East Lothian Courier, Apr 15»
9
Netanyahu's Win Could Be Positive for Palestinians
... diplomatic efforts and perhaps by Netanyahu's walked-back shift to the right. And despite this vague-at-best commitment to a peace process, ... «U.S. News & World Report, Mar 15»
10
Hard day's night: Students juggle jobs, school
... come in the next morning,” Miller said, but she added that Bouslough chose her own back-to-back shift on the weekends to fit her schedule. «University of Pittsburgh The Pitt News, Mar 15»

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