English Explanatory Dictionary

shifting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shift or change; a shifting movement.
  2. The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of shift

Word forms

shifting shiftings

Derived words

frameshifting gear-shifting money shifting pixel shifting placeshifting reality shifting shifting cultivation shifting executory interest shifting spanner spaceshifting time shifting evershifting shiftingly shiftingness
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