Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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transformation | Yes | No | No | No |
shift | Yes | No | Yes | No |
transformation (noun) | shift (noun) |
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the act of changing in form or shape or appearance | the act of moving from one place to another |
(genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA | the act of changing one thing or position for another |
a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist |
a qualitative change | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system | the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters |
an event in which something is displaced without rotation | |
a qualitative change | |
a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time | |
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | |
the time period during which you are at work |
transformation (verb) | shift (verb) |
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make a shift in or exchange of | |
move and exchange for another | |
lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | |
move from one setting or context to another | |
change in quality | |
change gears | |
change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change | |
use a shift key on a keyboard | |
change place or direction | |
move very slightly | |
move around | |
move abruptly | |
move sideways or in an unsteady way |