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I think there'd be huge losses if there weren't newspapers. I know everything's shifting to the Internet and some people would say, 'News is news, what you're talking about is a change of consumption, not the product that's out there.' But I think there is a change.
Michael Connelly

Meaning of "shifting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIFTING

shifting  [ˈʃɪftɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIFTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shifting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SHIFTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shift

Shift may refer to: ▪ Gear shift, to change gears in a car ▪ Shift work, an employment practice ▪ Shift, an improvised knife used as a weapon ▪ Shift, a simple kind of undergarment ▪ Shift, a group of players in ice hockey...

Definition of shifting in the English dictionary

The definition of shifting in the dictionary is used to describe something which is made up of parts that are continuously moving and changing position in relation to other parts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIFTING


antishoplifting
ˌæntɪˈʃɒplɪftɪŋ
crofting
ˈkrɒftɪŋ
downshifting
ˈdaʊnˌʃɪftɪŋ
drifting
ˈdrɪftɪŋ
grafting
ˈɡrɑːftɪŋ
powerlifting
ˈpaʊəˌlɪftɪŋ
rafting
ˈrɑːftɪŋ
shafting
ˈʃɑːftɪŋ
shoplifting
ˈʃɒpˌlɪftɪŋ
uplifting
ʌpˈlɪftɪŋ
weightlifting
ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIFTING

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIFTING

acting
blackwater rafting
camp-drafting
computing
connecting
consulting
contrasting
cutting
dating
eating
exciting
existing
fighting
frosting
heating
hunting
interesting
lighting
skin grafting
whitewater rafting

Synonyms and antonyms of shifting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SHIFTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shifting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of shifting

Translation of «shifting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHIFTING

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

Translator English - Chinese

流动的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cambiante
570 millions of speakers

English

shifting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्थानांतरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحويل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

переход
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

que está em mudança
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাড়াচাড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

instable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beralih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sich verlagernd
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

変わりやすい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이동하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pindah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuyển
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरकत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

değişken
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in movimento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przesuwanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перехід
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deplasare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μετατόπιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verskuiwing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skifta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skiftende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shifting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIFTING»

The term «shifting» is very widely used and occupies the 11.909 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHIFTING» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «SHIFTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shifting.
1
Kristin Armstrong
When everything is moving and shifting, the only way to counteract chaos is stillness. When things feel extraordinary, strive for ordinary. When the surface is wavy, dive deeper for quieter waters.
2
Richard Attias
Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.
3
Jillian Bach
The challenging thing is that we go home after doing the run-through and the writers stay there working, so sometimes I get script changes delivered to me at midnight. It's constantly shifting.
4
Yehuda Berg
If we each take responsibility in shifting our own behavior, we can trigger the type of change that is necessary to achieve sustainability for our race or this planet. We change our planet, our environment, our humanity every day, every year, every decade, and every millennia.
5
Andrew Bird
My head is full of shifting patterns and polyrhythmic stuff; but I want to use all acoustic instruments and create this kind of tapestry of interlocking lulling parts.
6
Deb Caletti
All of us create our own versions of an event, of our lives, even, not because we're liars, necessarily, but because we can only see and understand the truth from our own viewpoint, and a shifting viewpoint at that.
7
Michael Connelly
I think there'd be huge losses if there weren't newspapers. I know everything's shifting to the Internet and some people would say, 'News is news, what you're talking about is a change of consumption, not the product that's out there.' But I think there is a change.
8
Jim Costa
Too often, Indian tribes are at the mercy of the shifting political winds of State government.
9
Ellen DeGeneres
The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.
10
Ted Dekker
If readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and ideology, I would be happy. Many leaders of the older generation dismiss emerging culture. Those leaders are at risk of becoming a feeble voice-piece without followers. Most of the younger generation is going deaf to the truth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIFTING»

Discover the use of shifting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shifting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shifting
Based on the African American Women's Voices Project, Shifting reveals that a large number of African American women feel pressure to com-promise their true selves as they navigate America's racial and gender bigotry.
Ms. Charisse Jones, Kumea Shorter-Gooden, 2009
2
Shifting Borders: Rhetoric, Immigration, and California's ...
Shifting Borders uses an evaluation of the debate over California Proposition 187 to demonstrate how this quandary is best understood by close interrogation of mainstream reports and debates and by bringing to the fore voices that are often ...
Kent A. Ono, John M. Sloop, 2002
3
Shifting
After bouncing from foster home to foster home, Magdalene Mae is transferred to what should be her last foster home in the tiny town of Silver City, New Mexico.
Bethany Wiggins, 2011
4
Shifting the Monkey: The Art of Protecting Good People from ...
Explains how to shift an organization's focus from compensating for and working around employees who avoid their responsibilities to cultivating and rewarding the best employees.
Todd Whitaker, 2012
5
Shifting Languages
Errington concludes that the Javanese story has theoretical implications beyond the two villages to other parts of Indonesia, South East Asia, and to the developing world in general.
J. Joseph Errington, 1998
6
On Shifting Ground: Middle Eastern Women in the Global Era
Premier women scholars speak out on politics, religion, media, and popular culture in the Middle East.
Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone, 2005
7
Shifting Involvements: Private Interest and Public Action
In this classic work, Albert O. Hirschman offers a stimulating social, political, and economic analysis dealing with how and why frustrations of private concerns lead to public involvement and public participation that eventually lead back ...
Albert O. Hirschman, 2002
8
Shifting Obsessions: Three Essays on the Politics of ...
Annotation Rather than being a study of anti-corruption policies, this work looks at the politics of anti-corruption and their institutional motivations.
Ivan Krastev, 2004
9
Shifting the Balance: Obama and the Americas
"Examines the successful and unsuccessful approaches to rapprochement between the United States and various countries in Latin America and the Caribbean after the first year of the Obama administration against a background of initial ...
Abraham F. Lowenthal, Theodore J. Piccone, Laurence Whitehead, 2011
10
Shifting Memories: The Nazi Past in the New Germany
A long look at how contemporary Germany is remembering the Holocaust
Klaus Neumann, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIFTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shifting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How Gaze Shifting Helps Babies Learn New Languages
WASHINGTON DC: Determining the aspects of social interactions, researchers have now highlighted the concept of gaze shift that makes it easier for a child to ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
2
POSCO's Finex plant likely to be shifted to India by October
The shifting should begin in the next two to three months post a definitive pact ... are on to finalise the equity as well as the exact location for shifting of the plant. «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
Qld told to stop shifting childcare costs
The Queensland government needs to chip in more funding for childcare and stop shifting the responsibility onto its federal counterparts, social services minister ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
4
Delaware Bans 'Loser-Pays' Fee-Shifting Bylaws in Corporate Class …
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce had embraced the use of fee-shifting or “loser pays” in corporate bylaws as a way to counter a surge in what it viewed as ... «Insurance Journal, Jun 15»
5
Landmark Team Shifting Focus to EverQuest Next
By Michael MartinDaybreak Games is shifting its development priorities from one MMORPG to another. The developer formerly known as Sony Online ... «IGN, Jun 15»
6
SC rejects plea against shifting of a tiger from Ranthambore …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition against the shifting of tiger 'Ustaad', an alleged man-eater, from the Ranthambore ... «IBNLive, Jun 15»
7
Regina Beach residents advised about shifting ground, landslides
But he was clear that shifting ground and the potential for landslides are something the residents living around Last Mountain Lake are going to have to deal with ... «Regina Leader-Post, May 15»
8
Delaware Senate passes fee-shifting ban
Lawmakers in the Delaware Senate voted 16-5 on Tuesday to approve legislation that would ban corporations from adopting bylaws that impose corporate legal ... «The News Journal, May 15»
9
Australia and UK join forces to tackle profit-shifting
Australia and the United Kingdom will join forces to tackle profit shifting by multinationals in a bid to force companies to pay more tax in the countries in which ... «The Australian, Apr 15»
10
Surprise Hungarian combo creates world of shifting rhythm
Muzsikas would follow with something deceptively gentle, like a warm bath, but which soon turned into a whirlpool of shifting rhythms. The evening began and ... «Reuters, Apr 15»

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