word-vault/dist/data/cards/sh/shift.json

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{
    "term": "shift",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "image": "data/images/cl/clothes_dresses_skirts.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a period of time worked by a group of workers who start work as another group finishes",
            "sensetop": "in shiftson a shift",
            "labels": "(British English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(both especially British English)(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **work a shift**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've just finished an eight-hour shift."
                },
                {
                    "text": "working in shifts",
                    "contextForm": "in shifts"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to be on the **day/night shift** at the factory",
                    "contextForm": "on a shift"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**shift workers/work**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He works the night shift."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I agreed to work double shifts for a few weeks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I didn't realize that I'd have to work shifts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm doing the early shift this week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was 8 a.m. and the nurses were changing shifts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My wife changed her shifts from afternoons to nights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The clinic is staffed by ten doctors who work in shifts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The shift change took place at 10 p.m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They'd altered his shift pattern twice in the past fortnight."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["double", "long", "split"],
                "verb + shift": ["do", "work", "be on"],
                "shift + verb": ["begin", "start", "end"],
                "shift + noun": ["work", "manager", "supervisor"],
                "preposition": ["in shifts", "on a/​the shift"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the workers who work a particular shift",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The **night shift** has/have just come off duty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drama began at 5.15 am as the day shift was going on duty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most of the night shift had already left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As I left the next shift was settling in for the day."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a change in opinion, mood, policy, etc.",
            "sensetop": "shift in somethingshift of somethingshift towards somethingshift from something to something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The minister's recent announcement represents a major policy shift."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sudden shift to the right in British politics"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Does the government's condemnation of the regime signal a **shift in policy**?",
                    "contextForm": "shift in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **dramatic shift** in public opinion"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moment marked a significant shift in attitudes to the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Over the last ten years there has been a fundamental shift in the way we do business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a shift of emphasis",
                    "contextForm": "shift of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "With the shift of power in the Senate, the bill's fate is in doubt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A gradual shift towards renewable energy would mean reduced carbon emissions.",
                    "contextForm": "shift towards something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In developed countries there has been a shift from manufacturing to services.",
                    "contextForm": "shift from something to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a gradual shift in the population away from the countryside to the towns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I detected a subtle shift towards our point of view."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The industry has undergone a fundamental shift in recent years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The moment marked a significant shift in attitudes to the war."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a major shift in the public's taste."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These climate shifts occurred over less than a decade."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These proposals represent a dramatic shift in policy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a shift towards part-time farming"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the shift away from direct taxation"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["distinct", "dramatic", "fundamental"],
                "verb + shift": ["be", "mark", "represent"],
                "shift + verb": ["occur", "take place"],
                "preposition": ["shift between", "shift (away) from", "shift in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the system on a computer keyboard or typewriter that allows capital letters or a different set of characters to be typed; the key that operates this system",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Computers"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a simple straight dress",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a simple straight piece of clothing worn by women in the past as underwear",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃɪft/",
                "audio": "sh/shift/shift__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ʃɪft/",
                "audio": "sh/shift/shift__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}