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unshift en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English shift English unshift From un- + shift.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To release the shift key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.
  2. (transitive) To add an item to the beginning of an array.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
unshifted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unshifted Tense=Past lexicographic
unshifts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unshifting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

shift (antonym(s) of “programming”)