"gear shift" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gear shifts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gear shift (plural gear shifts)
  1. (automotive) That part of a gearbox involved in changing gear, including the lever and the forks attached to it. Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (part of a gearbox involved in changing gear): скоростен лост (english: skorosten lost) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 波棍 (bo¹ gwan³) (Chinese Cantonese), 調擋 (Chinese Mandarin), 调挡 (tiáodǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), levier de vitesse [masculine] (French), Gangschaltung [feminine] (German), girskift [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), girskifte [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), girskift [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), girskifte [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), schimbător de viteză [neuter] (Romanian), växel (Swedish), cần số (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-gear_shift-en-noun-9v-BjsWe Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles Disambiguation of 'part of a gearbox involved in changing gear': 88 12
  2. (automotive, US, Canada) The lever or other interface a human uses to shift gears. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Automotive, Auto parts Synonyms: shift lever [US], stick shift [US], gear lever [British], gear stick [British]
    Sense id: en-gear_shift-en-noun-cgQ~Ch-B Disambiguation of Auto parts: 38 62 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 22 78 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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