The shifting pattern of world trade is made clear in the following table.
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Shifting
Synonyms for "shifting" (298 found)
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Closest matches (60)
Noun(8 words)
Verb(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (89)
Noun(10 words)
Adjective(1 words)
divagationdivagatorydivaricationdivergencediversiondizzydodgingdoglegdoubledriftdriftingeccentricequivocationerranterrantryerraticevasionexcursionexcursiveexcursus
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exorbitationfaithlessfast and loosefencingficklefitfulflickeringflightyflittingfloatingfluctuatingfluctuationfluidfootloosefootloose and fancy-freefreakishfugitivegaddinggiddygnominiousgypsy-likegypsyishhairpinhairsplittinghaltinghazardoushedgingimpetuousimpulsiveinconsistentinconstantindecisiveindirectindirectioninfirminsecureinsubstantialirregularirresoluteirresponsibleitinerantlabyrinthinelandlopinglogic choppinglogic-choppingmazymeanderingmendacitymercurialmigrationalmigratorymoodymotionnit pickingnit-pickingnomadnomadicobliquity
Related words (149)
oscillationout-of-the-waypalteringparryingpendulationpererrationperilouspettifoggeryplanetaryprecariousprevaricationprovisionalpussyfootingquibblingramblingrangingremovalrestlessriskyroaming
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rovingscatterbrainedseesawingserpentineshakyshapelesssheershiftshifting courseshifting pathshiftyshufflingsidesteppingskewslantslipperysnakyspasmodicspinelessstragglingstraystrayingstrollingsubterfugesweepswerveswervingswingingtackteeter-totteringteeteringtemporarytentativetergiversationticklishtotteringtraipsingtransienttransitionaltransitorytransmigratorytreacheroustrichoschistismturnturningtwisttwistingunaccountableuncertainuncontrolledundependableundirectedundisciplinedunfaithworthyunfixedunpredictableunreliableunrestrainedunsettledunsolidunsoundunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsubstantialunsureuntrustworthyvacillatevacillatingvacillationvagabondvagrantvariablevariationveerveeringvicissitudevicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewanderingwantonwarpwaveringwaverywavywaywardwhimsicalwindingwishy washywishy-washyyawzigzag
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(28 words)
rapidly changingrealignmentreallocatereallocationredirectredirectionredistributionreformulationrelocaterelocatingrelocationreorientationrepositionrepositioningsemantic changesemantic driftsemantic evolutionshiftslewingswitch
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switchingtogglingtransfertransitioningtranslationtransmission gear actiontransmission shiftwinter rainfall pattern
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More general
17 entrieschangedata processingdevelopmentdisplacementdynamic qualitylanguage changelinguistics changemechanical operationmotionmovemovementprocesspropertystate of changetransformationtransmission operation
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More specific
23 entriesautomatic shiftburden shiftdirection realignmentfurniture shiftinggearshiftgradual shiftinglinear shiftmanual shiftmean shiftmetaphorical shiftpejorationpolicy shiftpopulation shiftrapid shiftingreallocatereassign
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Collocations
13 entriesshifting baselineshifting blameshifting burdenshifting climateshifting demographicsshifting focusshifting gearsshifting paradigmshifting policyshifting positionshifting prioritiesshifting sandsshifting weight
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
3 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He kept shifting his weight from one foot to the other.
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On either side of the Equator the prevailing winds blow in opposite directions. Shifting of the boundary north and south creates the monsoon.
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The U.S. Pacific Islands region includes more than 2,000 islands spanning millions of square miles of ocean. Rising air and ocean temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, changing frequencies and intensities of storms and drought, decreasing streamflows, rising sea levels, and changing ocean chemistry will threaten the sustainability of globally important and diverse ecosystems as well as local communities, livelihoods, and cultures.
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