How to pronounce shift
American English pronunciation
SHIFT
- IPA
- /ˈʃɪft/
- Syllables
- SHIFT (1 syllable)
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What shift means
Most people know shift in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A set stretch of hours when a group works
In a sentence: Dad works the night shift at the bakery, so he sleeps during the day.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old English word meaning to divide or arrange. A workday split into turns gives each group its own shift.
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