🔄 To move or change 🔄 A change 🕒 A work period 🚗 To change gears ⌨️ To type capitals ⌨️ A keyboard key 👗 A simple dress 🔊 To change sounds

to shift

4 3.0

Press a keyboard key to type a capital letter or special symbol

verb
/ʃɪft/

: pulsar la tecla Shift

When you want to type a special character, remember to press shift along with the key.

So if I do command shift three, it takes a screenshot.

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Examples

I'm going to hold shift and alt and drag this down.
So if I do command shift three, it takes a screenshot.

Jonathan Morrison
Now, if I just press control Shift and F, we'll get full screen like that.
You would use command control shift and four, and then that turns into a selection.
- Shift key, right there.

Rat Race (2001)
And then if you want to ungroup them, all you have to do is hit shift command G.
Now, shift your camera.

Japanese Story (2003)
To type a capital letter, hold down the shift key while pressing the letter you want.
She quickly pressed shift and the number key to type the symbol for her password.

Phrasal Verbs

to shift focus

24 3.8

Change what you pay attention to

to shift gears

20 3.9

To change what you are doing to fit a new situation

to shift someone's schedule

2 3.7

Change the time of someone's planned activities

to shift someone's investments

1 6.0

Move money from one type like stocks to another to reduce risk or try to earn more

to shift into fourth gear

1 5.8

To start working faster and try harder to reach a goal

to shift the dial

1 7.2

To make a clear change in a situation or result

to put a shift in

Informal

9.0

Work very hard for a short time to finish a task

Compounds

night shift

65 2.1

Work that happens during the night or the people who do it

graveyard shift

17 3.9

A night work period from midnight to early morning

day shift

16 2.2

A period of work during the day, usually from morning to afternoon, or the workers who work then

work shift

11 2.3

A period of time when you are scheduled to work, for example morning or night

stick shift

9 4.0

A car transmission you operate with a gear stick and clutch pedal

seismic shift

4 6.0

A very large and sudden change in ideas, beliefs, or ways of doing things

swing shift

3 4.3

An evening work shift from late afternoon until around midnight

evening shift

3 2.7

A period of work in the late afternoon and evening

tectonic shift

2 6.8

A very big change in a field like business or public opinion

red shift

Specialized

2 7.2

Light from distant galaxies moves toward red light, showing they move away

shift key

2 2.7

A key on a keyboard that makes letters capital and types other characters

split shift

2 4.6

A work schedule with two short work periods separated by a long break

population shift

Specialized

1 4.4

A change in where people live or how many live there

Doppler shift

Specialized

1 6.5

A change in sound pitch or light colour when the source and observer move

global shift

1 5.2

A large change in how people do things around the world

gear shift

1 5.0

A sudden change in plan or way of doing things to improve results

shift register

Specialized

1 7.7

A small memory that moves bits left or right one place at a time

Surface Forms

shift infinitive

shifted past

shifted past participle

shifting present participle

shifts third person singular

Etymology

To shift (press the key) is simply using the keyboard shift to change a letter to a capital or to type another symbol, so the action is named after the same idea of 'changing' what appears on the screen.