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shift
Synonyms and Antonyms of shift
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an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result
act, action, deed, doing, feat, thing
course, procedure, proceeding, process
accomplishment, achievement, attainment, coup, exploit, success, triumph
activity, affair, business, dealing, enterprise, event
attempt, crack, endeavor, essay, fling, go, initiative, operation, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, undertaking, whack
effort, exertion, labor, pains, trouble, while, work
project, proposal, proposition
2
the act or an instance of changing position
Synonym Discussion of shift
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- exhausted all of their resources
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- a last resort
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- a flimsy expedient
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- desperate shifts to stave off foreclosure
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- old equipment employed as a makeshift
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- a new law intended only as a stopgap
shift
Synonyms and Antonyms of shift
1
to change the place or position of
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to change one's position
3
to pass from one form, state, or level to another
4
to give up (something) and take something else in return
5
to meet one's day-to-day needs
fend for oneself, make do, make ends meet, make shift
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