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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHUNT

Perhaps from shunen to shun.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SHUNT

shunt  [ʃʌnt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHUNT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shunt is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shunt in English.

WHAT DOES SHUNT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shunt in the English dictionary

The first definition of shunt in the dictionary is to turn or cause to turn to one side; move or be moved aside. Other definition of shunt is to transfer from track to track. Shunt is also to divert or be diverted through a shunt.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHUNT

PRESENT

Present
I shunt
you shunt
he/she/it shunts
we shunt
you shunt
they shunt
Present continuous
I am shunting
you are shunting
he/she/it is shunting
we are shunting
you are shunting
they are shunting
Present perfect
I have shunted
you have shunted
he/she/it has shunted
we have shunted
you have shunted
they have shunted
Present perfect continuous
I have been shunting
you have been shunting
he/she/it has been shunting
we have been shunting
you have been shunting
they have been shunting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I shunted
you shunted
he/she/it shunted
we shunted
you shunted
they shunted
Past continuous
I was shunting
you were shunting
he/she/it was shunting
we were shunting
you were shunting
they were shunting
Past perfect
I had shunted
you had shunted
he/she/it had shunted
we had shunted
you had shunted
they had shunted
Past perfect continuous
I had been shunting
you had been shunting
he/she/it had been shunting
we had been shunting
you had been shunting
they had been shunting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will shunt
you will shunt
he/she/it will shunt
we will shunt
you will shunt
they will shunt
Future continuous
I will be shunting
you will be shunting
he/she/it will be shunting
we will be shunting
you will be shunting
they will be shunting
Future perfect
I will have shunted
you will have shunted
he/she/it will have shunted
we will have shunted
you will have shunted
they will have shunted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shunting
you will have been shunting
he/she/it will have been shunting
we will have been shunting
you will have been shunting
they will have been shunting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would shunt
you would shunt
he/she/it would shunt
we would shunt
you would shunt
they would shunt
Conditional continuous
I would be shunting
you would be shunting
he/she/it would be shunting
we would be shunting
you would be shunting
they would be shunting
Conditional perfect
I would have shunt
you would have shunt
he/she/it would have shunt
we would have shunt
you would have shunt
they would have shunt
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been shunting
you would have been shunting
he/she/it would have been shunting
we would have been shunting
you would have been shunting
they would have been shunting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you shunt
we let´s shunt
you shunt
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to shunt
Past participle
shunted
Present Participle
shunting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHUNT


beachfront
ˈbiːtʃfrʌnt
blunt
blʌnt
brunt
brʌnt
bunt
bʌnt
confront
kənˈfrʌnt
cunt
kʌnt
forefront
ˈfɔːˌfrʌnt
front
frʌnt
grunt
ɡrʌnt
hunt
hʌnt
lakefront
ˈleɪkˌfrʌnt
oceanfront
ˈəʊʃənˌfrʌnt
punt
pʌnt
riverfront
ˈrɪvəfrʌnt
runt
rʌnt
storefront
ˈstɔːˌfrʌnt
stunt
stʌnt
upfront
ˈʌpˈfrʌnt
waterfront
ˈwɔːtəˌfrʌnt
wavefront
ˈweɪvˌfrʌnt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHUNT

shule
shun
shunamitism
shunless
shunnable
shunned
shunner
shunning
shunpike
shunpiker
shunt-wound
shunter
shunting
shunting operation
shunting yard
shura
shuriken
shush
Shushan
shusher

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHUNT

Cheshunt
drag hunt
fox hunt
headhunt
house-hunt
in the hunt
job hunt
molehunt
murder hunt
national hunt
outhunt
overhunt
scavenger hunt
stag hunt
still hunt
still-hunt
treasure hunt
witch hunt
witch-hunt

Synonyms and antonyms of shunt in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shunt» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHUNT

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

Translator English - Chinese

> 把…移走或打发走
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mover de un sitio a otro
570 millions of speakers

English

shunt
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अलग धकेलना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحويلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шунт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

livrar-se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সরিয়া যাত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trimballer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shunt
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abschieben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

追いやられる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보내지다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shunt
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shunt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शंट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şönt
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sballottare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bocznik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шунт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șunt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shunt
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shunt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shunt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shunt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shunt

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHUNT»

The term «shunt» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.643 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHUNT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shunt» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shunt» 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 shunt

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHUNT»

Discover the use of shunt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shunt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shunt: The Story of James Hunt
James Hunt was no ordinary racing driver and this is no ordinary sports biography. Hunt was simply the most colourful and charismatic driver ever to have raced in Formula One.
Tom Rubython, 2010
2
The Shunt Book
This volume discusses How shunts work, How shunts fail, Alternatives to shunts, and Measuring implanted shunt performance. Shunt: a mechanism which bypasses/diverts accumulations of fluid to an absorbing or excreting system.
James M Drake, C. Sainte Rose, 1995
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Infections of the Central Nervous System
can present with typical signs of shunt infection or as shunt obstruction (60). Accumulation of fluid along the shunt tract or at the operative site, though highly correlated with CNS infection, occurs in fewer than 10% of patients with a VP shunt ...
W. Michael Scheld, Richard J. Whitley, Christina M. Marra, 2004
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Preemies - Second Edition: The Essential Guide for Parents ...
I worry so much about my child's VP shunt. What can go wrong with it? Parents of a child with a VP shunt have wrenching doubts every time their child gets sick, as all kids do. Is it just a virus, an innocent upset stomach, or is it the shunt, they ...
Dana Wechsler Linden, Emma Trenti Paroli, Mia Wechsler Doron, 2013
5
Textbook of Paediatric Emergency Medicine
1 Any child with a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt presenting to emergency with non-specific symptoms should have at least a clinical examination to exclude shunt complication. 2 The most common shunt problems involve malfunction ...
Peter Cameron, George Jelinek, Ian Everitt, 2006
6
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Surgical Techniques and Anesthetic Management Procedures to Increase Pulmonary Blood Flow A typical current progression for surgery in patients with TA and decreased pulmonary blood flow is aortopulmonary shunt, currently a modified ...
Carol L. Lake, Peter D. Booker, 2005
7
Mastery of Surgery
After a successful portacaval shunt. the gradient should be less than 5 cm of saline. After hemostasis is ensured, the abdomen is irrigated, and the incision is closed in a standard two-layer fashion without drains. Care should be taken to make ...
Josef E. Fischer, Kirby I. Bland, Mark P. Callery, 2006
8
Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery
At that point, we typically convert the peritoneal shunt to an atrial or pleural shunt. With pleural shunts, pulmonary parenchymal injuries, pneumothoraces, and effusions are the most common complications.45 Most of these complications can  ...
A. Leland Albright, Ian F. Pollack, 2011
9
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Diagnosis of Shunt Infection Patients with infections of a VP shunt typically present with a fever and/or with evidence of shunt malfunction. A multisystem fever evaluation should always be performed to rule out concurrent infections. This is ...
James Tait Goodrich, 2011
10
Power Quality in Power Systems and Electrical Machines
Research over the past several decades has shown that proper placement of shunt-capacitor banks can reduce the losses caused by reactive currents [1–34]. In addition to the reduction of energy and peak-power losses, effective capacitor  ...
Ewald Fuchs, Mohammad A. S. Masoum, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHUNT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shunt is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Public Release: 7-Jul-2015 Normal headphone use unlikely to …
Researchers at Brown University examined three magnetically programmable shunt valves to see if the magnetic field emissions of headphones can cause ... «EurekAlert, Jul 15»
2
Shunt Reactor Market by Type , Application & by Region - Global …
NEW YORK, June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The shunt reactor market has been growing rapidly in recent years. Shunt reactors are the most compact and ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
3
Intraocular lens dislocation and tube shunt in the posterior chamber …
This case suggested that management of IOL-CB dislocation can modify glaucoma shunt function. A complete pars plana vitrectomy may be required in order to ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
4
Cleansing the Lokayukta: Shunt out the corrupt, post honest officials
Former Infosys director V Balakrishnan, who is with the Aam Aadmi Party, said the government should shunt out all corrupt officials and post honest officials. «Times of India, Jun 15»
5
Shunt Reactor Market Worth $2.72 Billion by 2019
The report "Shunt Reactor Market by Type (Oil-Immersed and Air-Core Dry Type), Application (Electrical Utilities, Industrial Verticals) & by Region (North America ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
6
Did you witnesses six-car-shunt on busy Plymouth road
POLICE are investigating what is believed to be a six-car shunt in the city centre. At around 1.50pm the cars collided just before the lights at Notte Street , near ... «Plymouth Herald, Jun 15»
7
Low Operating-Current Shunt Regulator from Diodes Incorporated …
This adjustable shunt regulator features a 50μA minimum cathode current that is significantly lower than equivalent industry-standard 431 devices. This enables ... «Business Wire, Apr 15»
8
M4 crash: Lanes re-open after three-car shunt between Chieveley …
Between Junction 13 (Chieveley) and Junction 12 (Theale) on the eastbound motorway one lane was shut until just before 9.30pm on Saturday. One of the cars ... «getreading, Feb 15»
9
Express shunt surgery for glaucoma management
However, when initial treatments like I stent or lasers have not had the desired effect, there is express shunt surgery for glaucoma management, which offers ... «Agoura Hills Acorn, Feb 15»
10
Using Laparoscopy For Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement
The deciding factor was the rate of shunt malfunction. Although overall shunt failure rates did not differ substantially between patients in the two surgery groups, ... «Newswise, Dec 14»

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