functional shift

func·tion·al shift

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Definitions of functional shift words

noun functional shift a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective. 1
noun functional shift the conversion of a linguistic form from one part of speech to another, as the use of a noun as a verb 0

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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