outshift

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noun

An outward shift; a migration to the outer part.

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Meanings

nounoutshift (plural outshifts)

plural outshifts

  1. An outward shift; a migration to the outer part.
  2. obsoleteAn outskirt or boundary.
verboutshift (third-person singular simple present outshifts, present participle outshifting, simple past and past participle outshifted)

present singular third person outshifts · participle present outshifting · participle past outshifted · past outshifted

  1. transitiveTo shift to the outside.
  2. raretransitiveTo surpass in shifting; to shift better than.

    She can outshift the best of us, taking twice as many forms in half the time.

    2010, Fresno Scifi, Fantasy Writers, I Dreamed a Crooked Dream, page 200
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APA

outshift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outshift

MLA

“outshift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outshift. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outshift,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outshift.

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