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shifting

  • /ˈʃɪftɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɪftɪŋ

noun shiftings

  1. A shift or change; a shifting movement. I remember the last time I saw Macbeth played, the discrepancy I felt at the changes of garment which he varied, the shiftings and reshiftings, like a Romish priest at mass.
  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. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of shift

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: moving, variable, loose, unfirm, movement, transition, turning, transfer, change, reversing, reversal, transferring, changing, altering, relocation, transform

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@misc{shifting_2026,
  title = {shifting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shifting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}