ˈæ.dʒɪ.teɪt bʌdʒ kəˈɹiːn tʃeɪndʒ ʃəˈmiːz dɪsˈlɒdʒ dɪsˈpleɪsmɪnt fɔːlt fɔlt ˈfɹæk.tʃə ʃɪft ʃɪft ˈʃɪ.mi

swɪtʃ swɪtʃ swɪtʃɪŋ ˈtɛdi tɹɑːnsˈfɜː tɹænsˈfɝ ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən ˌtɹæns.fə(ɹ)ˈmeɪ.ʃən tɹanzmjuːˈteɪʃn̩ ˈwɑbl̩ ˈwɒbl̩ the act of changing one thing or position for another his switch on abortion cost him the election the act of moving from one place to another his constant shifting disrupted the class make a shift in or exchange of First Joe led; then we switched move and exchange for another shift the date for our class reunion lay aside, abandon, or leave for another switch to a different brand of beer She switched psychiatrists The car changed lanes change gears you have to shift when you go down a steep hill move from one setting or context to another shift the emphasis shift one's attention change in quality His tone shifted change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change Grimm showed how the consonants shifted use a shift key on a keyboard She could not shift so all her letters are written in lower case move abruptly The ship suddenly lurched to the left change place or direction Shift one's position move sideways or in an unsteady way The ship careened out of control move very slightly He shifted in his seat move around transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist a woman's sleeveless undergarment the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters a qualitative change an event in which something is displaced without rotation a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time (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 the time period during which you are at work