Definitions
Change, move, period of work, or transfer.
Word origin
The noun is from Middle English schyft, shyffte. Cognate with German Schicht (“layer, shift”).
Used in a sentence
“There was a shift in the political atmosphere.”
“c. 1620-1626, Henry Wotton, letter to Nicholas Pey My going to Oxford was not merely for shift of air.”
“The generational shift Mr. Obama once embodied is, in fact, well under way, but it will not change Washington as quickly — or as harmoniously — as a lot of voters once hoped.”
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01“Change or move”5 letters
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