how to pronounce shifting

/ˈʃɪftɪŋ/

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shifting is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of shifting in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… don't have any shifting of the floors …”

meanings of shifting

noun:

A shift or change; a shifting movement.
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 of shift.

shifting frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word shifting occurs in english on average 10.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics shifting can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that shifting can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;