shifted
SaySHIFT-id/ˈʃɪftɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of shift.
The committee shifted its focus toward long-term planning last spring.
Public opinion has shifted dramatically over the past decade.
Note
One form serves for both the plain past (the wind shifted overnight) and the participle after have or be (opinion has shifted; the load was shifted). The verb works with or without an object, so the same form can report causing a move or undergoing one. In Indian English it also means moving house: they shifted to a new flat last year.
shifted is a form of shift
shift, verb: To move or change from one position, place, direction, or state to another; to change in form, character, or kind. Full entry
- Spelling
- shift → shifted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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