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How to pronounce “shifting”
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Pronunciation guide for shifting
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of shifting with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Krazy Kat, the Poetics of Passing
"Shifting sands dust its cheeks in powdered beauty."
- Definition summary
- A shift or change; a shifting movement.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce shifting
Krazy Kat, the Poetics of Passing

"Shifting sands dust its cheeks in powdered beauty."
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “shifting”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A shift or change; a shifting movement.
- (linguistics) The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of shift
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