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shift

/ʃɪft/

US pronunciation
American sound/ʃɪft/
shift
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> shift

Myanmar meaning

(v) (က) ရွေ့သည်။ ပြောင်းသည်။ (ခ) ရွှေ့သည်။ ပြောင်းသည်။ လွဲှချသည်။ ရွေ့သည်။ ပြောင်းသည်။ ရွှေ့သည်။ (က) ကိုယ်ကိုနဲှ့သည်။ လွန့်သည်။ (ခ) ထွက်သည်။ သွားသည်။ ဖယ်သည်။ ဂမြန်မြန်သွားသည်။ ဂီယာပြောင်းသည်၊ထိုးသည်။ ပြောင်းလဲမှု။ ရွေ့ခြင်း။ (က) အဆိုင်း။ (ခ) နေ့၊ညအဆိုင်း။ ၂၅လက်နှိပ်စက်နှင့်ကွန်ပျူတာစာလုံးပြောင်းခလုတ်။ အမျိုးသမီးဝတ်သင်တိုင်း။ ရပ်တည်ချက်ပြောင်းသည်။ ကိုယ့်အားကိုယ်ကိုးရပ်တည်သည်။ အမြပြောင်းလနေသောအခြေအနေ။ (n) ပြောင်းလဲမှု

Full entry

shift /ʃÇft/ v

၁။ ~ (sth) (from…) (to…) (က) ရွေ့သည်။ ပြောင်း သည်။ The action of the novel shifts from Paris to London. ❍ The balance of opinion has shifted away from state intervention in industry. ❍ shifting alliances. (ခ) ရွှေ့သည်။ ပြောင်းသည်။ လွှဲ(ချ)သည်။ shift our resources/priorities to another project ❍ Don't try to shift the responsibility onto others.
၂။ ~ (sth) (about/around) ရွေ့သည်။ ပြောင်းသည်။ ရွှေ့သည်။ The cargo has shifted. ❍ The tools shift around in the boot every time the car turns a corner. ❍ The wind shifted from east to north. ❍ stage-hands shifting scenery ❍ The teacher shifted the desks around. ❍ Help me shift the sofa away from the fire.
၃။ (က) ကိုယ်ကိုနှဲ့သည်။ လွန့်သည်။ shift from one foot to the other (ie while standing) ❍ The audience shifted uneasily in their seats.
(ခ) ~ (oneself) (infml ) ထွက်သည်။ သွားသည်။ ဖယ်သည်။ That's my seat you're sitting in, so shift (yourself)! (ဂ) (Brit infml ) မြန်မြန်သွားသည်။ You'll have to shift if you want to get there by nine o'clock. ❍ That car can really shift!
၄။ ~ out of sth/into sth ; ~ up/down (US ) (ဂီယာ) ပြောင်းသည်၊ ထိုးသည်။ shifting gear ❍ shift out of first into second ❍ Shift up when you reach 30 mph.
n
၁။ [C] ~ (in sth) ပြောင်းလဲမှု။ ရွေ့ခြင်း။
a gradual shift in the population away from the countryside to the towns ❍ a shift in the direction of the wind ❍ shifts in public opinion ❍ a shift of emphasis/resources.
၂။ [C] (က) (အ)ဆိုင်း။
be on the day/night shift at the factory ❍ work an eight-hour shift ❍ working in shifts ❍ shift workers/work. (ခ) [CGp] (နေ့၊ ည)အဆိုင်း။
The night shift has/have just come off duty. Compare RELAY ၂, RELIEF1၅
၃။ (လက်နှိပ်စက်နှင့် ကွန်ပျူတာ)စာလုံးပြောင်းခလုတ်။ a shift-key.
၄။ အမျိုးသမီးဝတ် သင်တိုင်း။
❏ shift one's ground [IDM ] ရပ်တည်ချက် ပြောင်းသည်။
❏ shift for oneself [PHRV ] ကိုယ့်အားကိုယ်ကိုး ရပ်တည် သည်။ When their parents died, the children had to shift for themselves.
❏ (the) shifting sands (of sth) [IDM ] အမြဲပြောင်းလဲနေ သော အခြေအနေ။ the shifting sands of world affairs.

More examples
  • Public opinion had shifted sharply to the left following the war.
  • [shift your ground] : Most newspapers have shifted their ground considerably on this issue.
  • [shift attention/focus/emphasis] : The government has shifted its attention away from the fight against crime.
  • Britain’s focus is shifting back towards its old partners in Europe.
  • She shifted smoothly into third gear as we went into the bend.
  • [shift blame/responsibility] : They want to shift the blame for rising unemployment onto the recession.
  • The children are shifting uncomfortably in their seats.
  • [shift your weight] : Martha shifted her weight from foot to foot.
  • We’ll need to shift this table over to the wall.
  • The wall is shifting a couple of inches every year.
  • [shift your eyes/gaze] : She stared at him, then shifted her gaze to the suitcase on the bed.
  • None of the medicines I’ve taken have shifted this cold.
  • There’s still a stain on the carpet that I can’t shift.
  • The supermarkets shift more wine in a weekend than we do all year.
Synonyms
move, budge, transfer, change, alter, swing, modify, reallocate, about-face, alteration, artifice, bend, blow hot and cold, bottom out, bout, change gears, changeover, clean, contrivance, conversion, cook, craft, deflection, deviate, deviation, device, dial back, dislocate, displace, displacement, disturb, do up, dodge, double, drift, equivocation, erase, evasion, exchange, expediency, expedient, fault, flip-flop, fluctuate, fluctuation, gambit, get a move on, get rid of, go, hem and haw, hoax, hurry up, lift, loosen, makeshift, maneuver, modification, move around, move over, passage, period, permutation, ploy, rearrange, rearrangement, recalibrate, recourse, refuge, relocate, removal, remove, replace, reposition, resort, resource, ruse, scheduled time, shifting, ship, shuffle, slip, spell, stint, stir, stopgap, stratagem, strategy, substitute, substitution, subterfuge, swap places, swerve, switch, switch over, tack, time, tour, transference, transformation, transit, translocation, transmogrify, transpose, trick, turn, turn around, turn the corner, turn the tables, vacillate, variation, vary, veer, veering, waffle, wile, working time, yaw, yo-yo
Antonyms
calm, continue, deactivate, deactivation, directness, facing, fix, hold, honesty, idleness, keep, leave alone, maintenance, meeting, openness, order, permanent, remain, sameness, stagnate, stagnation, stay
Cross references
movebudgetransferchangealterswingmodifyreallocateabout-facealterationartificebendblow hot and coldbottom outboutchange gearschangeovercleancontrivanceconversioncookcraftdeflectiondeviatedeviationdevicedial backdislocate
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