What part of speech is shifts?

Shifts can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. shifts is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of shift (infinitive).
  • 2. shifts is a noun, plural of shift.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does shifts mean?

Definitions

Verb
shift - change place or direction; "Shift one's position"
shift - move from one setting or context to another; "shift the emphasis"; "shift one's attention"
shift - move and exchange for another; "shift the date for our class reunion"
shift - change gears; "you have to shift when you go down a steep hill"
shift - change in quality; "His tone shifted"
shift - change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change; "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
shift - use a shift key on a keyboard; "She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case"
shift - move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
shift - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"
shift - make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched"
shift - move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
shift - move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"
shift - move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"

Noun
shift - the act of moving from one place to another; "his constant shifting disrupted the class"
shift - the time period during which you are at work
shift - an event in which something is displaced without rotation
shift - a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time
shift - a qualitative change
shift - the act of changing one thing or position for another; "his switch on abortion cost him the election"
shift - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
shift - the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
shift - a woman's sleeveless undergarment
shift - a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
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Examples of shifts

#   Sentence  
1. noun But I have to take night shifts twice a week.
2. noun From this we can derive the argument that major population shifts are not the result of economic change.
3. noun It's OK if Yukiko can do the Tuesday, Thursday and Friday shifts from tomorrow.
4. noun I would hate to work shifts.
5. noun Working shifts can be extremely disruptive to family life.
6. noun Do you prefer mornings or evenings shifts?
7. noun Climate change impacts on biodiversity are already being observed in alteration of the timing of critical biological events such as spring bud burst, and substantial range shifts of many species. In the longer term, there is an increased risk of species extinction.
8. noun Why do you want to change shifts?
9. noun We have three security guards who take shifts.
10. noun I'm working double shifts.
11. noun Sami worked the night shifts.
12. noun Mary had to work three shifts to pay her bills.
13. noun Tom had to work three shifts to pay his bills.
14. noun Sami decided not to book Layla on any more night shifts.
15. noun I work in shifts.
16. verb Let's find the equation that shifts the parabola y=x²−4x+7 three spaces on the x-axis and -2 spaces on the y-axis.
17. verb As cliffs and sand dunes retreat, the vacated area becomes part of the beach environment and the position of the beach shifts landward.
18. verb "Firm are thy fates, sweet daughter; spare thy fears. / Thou yet shalt see Lavinium's walls arise, / and bear thy brave AEneas to the skies. / My purpose shifts not."
19. verb Shift one's position.
20. verb Shift the emphasis.
21. verb Shift one's attention.
22. verb Shift the date for our class reunion.
23. verb You have to shift when you go down a steep hill.
24. verb She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case.
25. verb My family and I are planning to shift to Fujairah in a couple of years.
26. verb When I speak to a Westerner, I have to shift mental gears, so to speak.
27. verb In order to keep our feet warm we had to shift from one foot to another and keep moving.
28. verb You're just trying to shift blame away from yourself.
29. verb Never shift gears when you're crossing railroad tracks, as it could cause your car to stall straddling the tracks.
30. verb To follow a council is to shift the responsibility.
Sentence  
noun
But I have to take night shifts twice a week.
From this we can derive the argument that major population shifts are not the result of economic change.
It's OK if Yukiko can do the Tuesday, Thursday and Friday shifts from tomorrow.
I would hate to work shifts.
Working shifts can be extremely disruptive to family life.
Do you prefer mornings or evenings shifts?
Climate change impacts on biodiversity are already being observed in alteration of the timing of critical biological events such as spring bud burst, and substantial range shifts of many species. In the longer term, there is an increased risk of species extinction.
Why do you want to change shifts?
We have three security guards who take shifts.
I'm working double shifts.
Sami worked the night shifts.
Mary had to work three shifts to pay her bills.
Tom had to work three shifts to pay his bills.
Sami decided not to book Layla on any more night shifts.
I work in shifts.
verb
Let's find the equation that shifts the parabola y=x²−4x+7 three spaces on the x-axis and -2 spaces on the y-axis.
As cliffs and sand dunes retreat, the vacated area becomes part of the beach environment and the position of the beach shifts landward.
"Firm are thy fates, sweet daughter; spare thy fears. / Thou yet shalt see Lavinium's walls arise, / and bear thy brave AEneas to the skies. / My purpose shifts not."
Shift one's position.
Shift the emphasis.
Shift one's attention.
Shift the date for our class reunion.
You have to shift when you go down a steep hill.
She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case.
My family and I are planning to shift to Fujairah in a couple of years.
When I speak to a Westerner, I have to shift mental gears, so to speak.
In order to keep our feet warm we had to shift from one foot to another and keep moving.
You're just trying to shift blame away from yourself.
Never shift gears when you're crossing railroad tracks, as it could cause your car to stall straddling the tracks.
To follow a council is to shift the responsibility.
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