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gear shift

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it.
  2. The lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears.
    Canada, US
  3. a stark change, esp. between considerably differently paced things (e. g. in a narration, topics on an agenda, music)
    figuratively

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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

gear stick gear train gear wheel gear-up landing gear-wheel Gearbox

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