Definition of Downshift

1. Noun. A change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one.

Generic synonyms: Change

2. Noun. A change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle.
Generic synonyms: Change

Definition of Downshift

1. Verb. To shift a transmission into a lower gear. ¹

2. Verb. To function at a lower rate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Downshift

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Downshift

downrush
downsampling
downsamplings
downscale
downscaled
downscales
downscaling
downsection
downselect
downselected
downselecting
downselects
downset
downsets
downshift (current term)
downshifted
downshifter
downshifters
downshifting
downshifts
downshock
downshocks
downside
downsides
downsitting
downsittings
downsize
downsized
downsizer

Literary usage of Downshift

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. OECD Reviews of Health Systems Finland by Jeremy Hurst, Peter Scherer (2005)
"One possible route to retaining older health care workers in the sector longer is to allow them to "downshift". Apart from the national measures that have ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Simon Greenleaf (1883)
"Marchioness of downshift, 4 Ad. & El. 232. 1 Sei- ante, vol. i. §§ 58, 62, 63, 71, 72 ; Wright v. Rattray, 1 East, 377. * Jackson v. Shillito, cited 1 East, ..."

3. Technical Digest edited by G. W. Day, D. L. Franzen, P. A. Williams (1999)
"The horizontal scale defines the frequency downshift, A//, of the red sideband from the carrier frequency which was set to i/o ..."

4. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2005)
"The measurement results indicate that there is a little frequency downshift after the second brazing, but a little up-shift after the third brazing. ..."

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