shift key

shift key
noun
the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters
• Syn: ↑shift
• Hypernyms: ↑key
• Part Holonyms: ↑typewriter keyboard

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noun
: a typewriter key used for shifting

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1. a typewriter key that determines whether characters are printed in upper or lower case and controls the printing of numbers and symbols.
2. Computers. a key that performs the same functions as on a typewriter keyboard and also controls other functions, depending on the program: To print a file, depress the shift key and a function key.
[1900-05]

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shift key noun
A key on a typewriter or computer keyboard used to bring a different set of letters (eg capitals) into use
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Main Entry: ↑shift

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shift key UK US noun [countable] [singular shift key plural shift keys] computing
the key that you press on a computer keyboard when you want to write a capital letter
Thesaurus: keys on the computer keyboardhyponym

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shift key,
a typewriter key that shifts the type to print upper-case letters.

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noun, pl ⋯ keys [count]
: a key on a computer keyboard or a typewriter that you press to type capital letters — called also shift

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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