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Annabelle Wallis

Meaning of "shifter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIFTER

shifter  [ˈʃɪftə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIFTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shifter 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 SHIFTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shifter

Shifter may mean: ▪ Shifter, or gear lever, a bicycle part that selects which gear the chain rests on ▪ Shifter, an adjustable wrench/spanner ▪ Shifter, a former superhero featured in the animated television series ▪ Shifter, a prestige class in the role-playing game ▪ Shifter, a race in the Eberron campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game ▪ In US English, The Gear stick lever, gearstick or gear lever of an automatic or manual transmission ▪ A shapeshifting character in science fiction, fantasy fiction, and role-playing games ▪ A switcher in the terminology of the Pennsylvania Railroad ▪ Jenny Everywhere aka The Shifter, open source webcomic character ▪ Barrel shifter, part of a computer processor that performs bit shifts...

Definition of shifter in the English dictionary

The definition of shifter in the dictionary is a gear change mechanism in a vehicle.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIFTER


bifter
ˈbɪftə
CARIFTA
kæˈrɪftə
downshifter
ˈdaʊnˌʃɪftə
drifter
ˈdrɪftə
grifter
ˈɡrɪftə
lifter
ˈlɪftə
powerlifter
ˈpaʊərˌlɪftə
shoplifter
ˈʃɒpˌlɪftə
sifter
ˈsɪftə
snifter
ˈsnɪftə
swifter
ˈswɪftə
uplifter
ʌpˈlɪftə
weightlifter
ˈweɪtlɪftə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIFTER

shift
shift key
shift lock
shift register
shift worker
shiftable
shiftier
shiftiest
shiftily
shiftiness
shifting
shifting cultivation
shifting sands
shifting spanner
shiftless
shiftlessly
shiftlessness
shiftstick
shiftwork
shifty

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIFTER

and they all lived happily ever after
crafter
drafter
flour sifter
fore-and-after
hereafter
hereinafter
lofter
look after
looked-after
make after
point after
rafter
run after
scene shifter
shirt-lifter
sought-after
the morning after
thereafter
whereafter

Synonyms and antonyms of shifter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shifter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIFTER

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

palanca de cambios
570 millions of speakers

English

shifter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मज़दूर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شيفتر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

переключения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shifter
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কর্মচারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

shifter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shifter
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schieber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シフター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쉬프터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shifter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shifter
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெயர்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिफ्टर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hırsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shifter
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

manetka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перемикання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

schimbator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shifter
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shifter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shifter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shifter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shifter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIFTER»

The term «shifter» is very widely used and occupies the 20.969 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIFTER» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «SHIFTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shifter.
1
Jolene Blalock
Without my Vulcan cat suit, Frankenstein wig and pointed ears, I don't get recognized. I love the fact I'm a shape shifter who can go unnoticed.
2
Annabelle Wallis
I'm a shape shifter.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIFTER»

Discover the use of shifter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shifter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shifter
Jamie Race is on the run.
Michael Beck, 2011
2
Alpha Instinct: A Moon Shifter Novel
Ana Cordona has been a strong leader for the lupine shifters who survived after all the males and most of the females in her pack were mysteriously poisoned.
Katie Reus, 2012
3
Shifter
WHEN IT COMES TO SHAPESHIFTING PARANORMAL ROMANCE, WHO CAN RESIST... New York Times bestselling author Angela Knight, USA Today bestselling author Lora Leigh, and national bestselling authors Alyssa Day and Virginia Kantra?
Angela Knight, Lora Leigh, Alyssa Day, 2008
4
B-Shifter: A Firefighter's Memoir
Brunacini makes the observation that fire departments more closely resemble cults or severely dysfunctional families than a regular workforce.
Nick Brunacin, 2008
5
Shifter
ShifterAubrey Ross"Sensual Captivity, Book Two.
Aubrey Ross, 2008
6
Mating Instinct: Moon Shifter
The third novel in Katie Reus's exciting series of the passionate and protective shifters, filled with mystery, suspense and sensual romance.
Katie Reus, 2013
7
Shifter Karts: High-speed Go-karts
Discusses the small go-karts known as shifter karts, their main features, and how they are raced.
Matt Doeden, 2005
8
The Shape Shifter
Retirement has never sat well with former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn.
Tony Hillerman, 2009
9
Memoirs of a Shape-Shifter
7. In. Joe's. Cave. PTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTQ. After. that. first. night Nikki began to spend more and more time with Clarissa, grudgingly at first and with obvious caution; soon with trust. Clarissa led Nikki on long treks into Dogtown forest, where ...
Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield, 2010
10
The Black Stallion and the Shape-Shifter
Alec and the Black Stallion go to the Irish coast after the horse suffers a racing injury, and while there, they encounter a shape-shifting kelpie that engages them in a race to save the life of a local girl.
Steven Farley, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIFTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shifter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Announcement: Solar Shifter EX coming to PC and Next Gen …
16th July, Dueren (Germany) - Headup Games today announces Solar Shifter EX, a sci-fi shoot 'em up with the unique ability to 'shift'. Solar Shifter EX is in ... «Develop, Jul 15»
2
Shifter! looks as cute as a Nitrome game and is just as challenging …
We had a look at this game a couple of weeks ago after it caught our eye for being cute. But as we soon learned after trying out the browser version its looks ... «Pocket Gamer, Jul 15»
3
LetsTransport acquires Shifter, a truck-hire service provider
LetsTransport, a techno-logistics solution provider announced the acquisition of Shifter, another start-up in the same space. The Bengaluru-based Shifter is a ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
4
Truck hiring startup LetsTransport acquires Shifter
Singh said LetsTransport was looking at clocking 2,000 trips this month and will leverage Shifter's network. LetsTransport had executed 1,200 truck trips in May. «Business Standard, Jun 15»
5
Sonic Charge Echobode delay/frequency shifter plugin released
It's a delay effect that also features a frequency shifter inside the feedback loop, opening up creative possibilities aplenty. Some improvements have also been ... «MusicRadar.com, Apr 15»
6
The Weird Shifter That Made Audi's R8 Sports Car a Legend
Most journalists long ago stopped discussing the Audi R8. It's a danger that comes with the car business: Focus on the Next Big Thing, you can lose sight of ... «Wired, Apr 15»
7
Etixx Di2 remix: Shimano shifters reinterpretted at Tour of Flanders
Stock, satellite options, however, have thus far been limited to so-called sprint shifters with a short wire length, and the climber switch, which Shimano designed ... «Cyclingnews.com, Apr 15»
8
Dale Earnhardt Jr. slowed by broken parts, wreck at Martinsville
But the vibration was so violent it weakened the gear shifter and when Earnhardt went to change gears it snapped -- twice. Numerous attempts were made to ... «SB Nation, Mar 15»
9
Can unfamiliarity with a gear-shift lever cause a tragedy?
With a conventional column shifter, for instance, Reverse is traditionally one notch down from Park. But in newer Mercedes vehicles, flicking the electronic ... «ConsumerReports.org, Feb 15»
10
Electro-Harmonix announces Pitch Fork pitch shifter pedal
There's simply no stopping Electro-Harmonix. The New York company today revealed the Pitch Fork, a compact polyphonic pitch shifter/harmony pedal that ... «MusicRadar.com, Oct 14»

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