Betekenis van shift In het Nederlands

• 0 to (cause something or someone to) move or change from one position or direction to another, especially slightly:

  • She shifted (her weight) uneasily from one foot to the other.

  • The wind is expected to shift (to the east) tomorrow.

  • Society's attitudes towards women have shifted enormously over the last century.

  • Media attention has shifted recently onto environmental issues.

  • In cars that are automatics, you don't have to bother with shifting gears.

• 1 to get rid of something unwanted, or to sell something:

  • Modern detergents will shift most stains.

  • The people at the toy shop expect to shift a lot of stock in the run-up to Christmas.

• 2 a group of workers who do a job for a period of time during the day or night, or the period of time itself:

  • As the night shift leave/leaves, the day shift arrive/arrives.

  • Are you on the night shift or the day shift? (= Do you work during the night period or the day period?)

• 3 a change in position or direction:

  • a shift in the wind/temperature

  • The shift in the balance of power in the region has had far-reaching consequences.

  • There has been a dramatic shift in public opinion towards peaceful negotiations.

• 4 a simple dress that hangs straight from the shoulders

• 5 to change direction or move from one person, position, or place to another:

  • [ I ] The wind shifted to the east.

  • [ T ] She shifted her weight from one foot to the other.

  • [ T ] He tried to shift the blame onto his sister.

  • [ T ] Our attention has shifted from baseball to the election.

• 6 the period that a person is scheduled to work, or a group of workers who work during the same period of time:

  • I’m working the day shift this month.

  • The night shift is finished at 7 a.m.

• 7 a change in position or direction:

  • There’s been a substantial shift in doctors’ methods.

• 8 to move something to a different place or position:

  • shift sth to sth They shifted the money to another account.

  • shift sth out of sth Rising costs forced them to shift manufacturing work out of Europe.

• 9 to change an opinion, idea, etc.:

  • shift focus/emphasis/attention

  • shift (sth) away from sth They have shifted the emphasis of the business away from traditional manufacturing.

  • shift (sth) towards sth The company has shifted towards a more flexible marketing mix.

  • HR have shifted their position on overtime working and this will no longer be encouraged.

• 10 to manage to sell goods:

  • At that time, Sony had shifted 30 million Playstation3 consoles since launch.

  • The sales projections were over-optimistic and left them with $100 million of stock they couldn't shift.

• 11 an agreed period of time during the day or night when particular employees work, in a factory, hospital, etc.:

  • He worked an 8 hour shift at the hospital.

  • begin/end your shift They begin their shift at 4pm.

• 12 the group of workers who work at a particular time:

  • the day/night/late shift We work until 8am, when the day shift takes over.

• 13 a movement or change in something:

  • a shift in sth There's been a major shift in strategy.

  • a shift away from/towards sth The shift towards specialisation favours smaller firms.

• 14 on a computer keyboard, a key that changes the letter, number, or symbol that would normally appear when you press another key at the same time:

  • Press shift to capitalize letters.