Fault
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone. To fracture. To commit a mistake or error.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A defect; something that detracts from perfection. A mistake or error. A weakness of character. A minor offense. Blame; the responsibility for a mistake. A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity An illegal serve. An abnormal connection in a circuit.
Example sentence: Our DNA is as a consumer company - for that individual customer who's voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That's who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it's not up to par, it's our fault, plain and simply.
Shift
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a type of women's undergarment, a slipa change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working timean act of shifting; a slight movement or changethe gear mechanism in a motor vehiclea button on a keyboard, chiefly for switching between upper and lower casea bit shiftThe infield shift.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To change, swap.to move from one place to another; to redistribute.to change position.To change gears (in a car).to remove the first value from an array.to dispose of.to hurry.to engage in sexual petting.
Example sentence: Consequences of linear thinking in Afghanistan and Iraq included overestimating indigenous forces' capabilities, underestimating the enemy, and the associated expectation that the coalition could soon reduce force levels and shift to an exclusively advisory effort.