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shifting
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 shifting
The act of moving from one place to another:
— His constant shifting disrupted the class.
synoniem: shift.
Roget 144:
conversion,
reduction,
transmutation,
resolution,
assimilation;
evolution,
sea change;
change of state;
assumption;
naturalization;
transportation;
development [Biol.],
developing.
[photography]
[conversion of currency]
conversion of currency,
exchange of currency;
exchange rate;
bureau de change.
chemistry,
alchemy;
progress,
growth,
lapse,
flux.
passage;
transit,
transition;
transmigration,
shifting
etc.
v.;
phase;
conjugation;
convertibility.
crucible,
alembic,
caldron,
retort.
convert,
pervert,
renegade,
apostate.
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Roget 270:
transfer,
transference;
translocation,
elocation†;
displacement;
metastasis,
metathesis;
removal;
remotion†,
amotion†;
relegation;
deportation,
asportation†;
extradition,
conveyance,
draft,
carrying,
carriage;
convection,
conduction,
contagion;
transfer
etc.
(of property)
783.
transit,
transition;
passage,
ferry,
gestation;
portage,
porterage†,
carting,
cartage;
shoveling
etc.
v.;
vection†,
vecture†,
vectitation†;
shipment,
freight,
wafture†;
transmission,
transport,
transportation,
importation,
exportation,
transumption†,
transplantation,
translation;
shifting,
dodging;
dispersion
etc.
73;
transposition
etc.
(interchange)
148;
traction
etc.
285.
[Thing transferred]
drift.
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Nederlands: verschuiving
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 shifting
Continuously varying.
Roget 111:
transient,
transitory,
transitive;
passing,
evanescent,
fleeting,
cursory,
short-lived,
ephemeral;
flying
etc.
v.;
fugacious,
fugitive;
shifting,
slippery;
spasmodic;
instantaneous,
momentaneous†.
temporal,
temporary;
provisional,
provisory;
deciduous;
perishable,
mortal,
precarious,
unstable,
insecure;
impermanent.
brief,
quick,
brisk,
extemporaneous,
summary;
pressed for time
etc.
(haste)
684;
sudden,
momentary
etc.
(instantaneous)
113.
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Roget 264:
moving
etc.
v.;
in motion;
transitional;
motory†,
motive;
shifting,
movable,
mobile,
mercurial,
unquiet;
restless
etc.
(changeable)
149;
nomadic
etc.
266;
erratic
etc.
279.
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2 shifting
Changing position or direction:
— He drifted into the shifting crowd.
— Their nervous shifting glances.
synoniem: shifty.
3 shifting
of soil Unstable:
— Shifting sands.
synoniem: unfirm.
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