downshift

Meaning of downshift

verb
  1. change a financially rewarding but stressful career or lifestyle for a less pressured and less highly paid but more fulfilling one.
    increasing numbers of men want to downshift from full-time work
  2. change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle.
    an inertia system that activates whenever the rider brakes or downshifts
noun
  1. an instance of changing to a less pressured and less highly paid but more fulfilling career or lifestyle.
    this downshift coincides with his marriage
  2. a change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle.
    the chain broke during a downshift on a single-track climb

Information about downshift

  • The plural form of downshift is: downshifts.
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Hyphenation of downshift

down-shift

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • downshift is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of downshift

Words that rhyme with downshift

backshift, blueshift, dayshift, floorshift, foreshift, frameshift, gearshift, loanshift, makeshift, manshift, outshift, redshift, reshift, shift, transshift, unshift, upshift, nightshift, whift

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