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to shift someone's schedule

to shift someone's schedule

3.7
Change the time of someone's planned activities
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : cambiar el horario
  • The manager asked if I could shift my schedule to cover the evening shift.

Examples

  • I had to shift my schedule so I could attend my daughter's recital.

  • He often needs to shift his schedule to accommodate last-minute changes.

  • I need to shift my schedule for the meeting next week to make room for a doctor's appointment.

  • She decided to shift her schedule to allow more time for studying before the exams.

  • Can you shift your schedule this week so we can have dinner together on Friday?

Synonyms

to reschedule
vsto shift someone's schedule
109 3.0

Move a planned event to a new time

alters a person's appointments and their arrangement rather than just one event's time
to slot
vsto shift someone's schedule
8 4.0

To assign a time or place for something

changes existing appointments or arrangements rather than assigning new times

Antonyms

to stay on schedule
3 3.0

To keep to the planned time for an activity without being late

How Much

to shift someone's schedule
3.7

Surface Forms

shift someone's schedule infinitive
shifted someone's schedule past
shifted someone's schedule past participle
shifting someone's schedule present participle
shifts someone's schedule third person singular

Morphology

shift + someone's + schedule

The meaning 'to change the time or arrangement of someone's planned activities' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'shift' (move/change) with 'schedule' (timetable); the possessive 'someone's' only marks whose schedule it is. This simple verb + noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English usage, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

Shift someone's schedule paints a simple picture: imagine sliding a work shift block on a paper schedule to a new time on the calendar. So it means 'change the time' of someone's plans or appointments.