Definitions for shifting
shift·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. shift, shiftingadjective

   the act of moving from one place to another

   "his constant shifting disrupted the class"

2. shiftingadjective

   continuously varying

   "taffeta with shifting colors"

3. shifting, shiftyadjective

   changing position or direction

   "he drifted into the shifting crowd"; "their nervous shifting glances"; "shifty winds"

4. shifting, unfirmadjective

   (of soil) unstable

   "shifting sands"; "unfirm earth"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shiftingnoun

   A shift; a shifting movement.

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1. shifting

   Shifting, in a broad sense, refers to the act of moving or changing position, direction, place, or focus from one point to another. This term can be used in various contexts, including physics, mathematics, engineering, computing, sociology, and psychology, with specific meanings in each field. Shifting could also imply a change in perspective, response, or strategy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shifting

   of Shift

2. Shiftingadjective

   changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles

3. Shiftingadjective

   adapted or used for shifting anything

How to pronounce shifting?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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How to say shifting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shifting in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shifting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of shifting in a Sentence

1. Emmanuel Faber:

   We need your support for shifting agricultural subsidies from killing life into supporting biodiversity.

2. Yuping Guan:

   For monsoon areas, shifting seasons can alter the time of monsoons. This means that patterns of monsoon rains are changed as well. These kind of changes may not sync with crops growth, it could also limit the types of crops grown, encourage invasive species or weed growth, or increase demand for irrigation.

3. Rodrigo Duterte:

   That could be true, some police officers are shifting from drug protectors to drug punishers.

4. Andy Slavitt:

   We have to remember the fact that in the next two to six weeks, the variants that we've seen in Michigan -- those variants are also present in other states, so our ability to vaccinate people quickly in each of those states, rather than taking vaccines and shifting it to playing whack-a-mole, isn't the strategy that public health leaders and scientists have laid out.

5. Alex Lamers:

   A cold front north of us will start shifting south and by Sunday evening, it will make progress toward Boston, Pittsburgh, St. Louis. By Monday morning, it might be reaching Washington, Cincinnati with some rain and thunderstorms.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shifting
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shifting
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shifting