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Meaning of "downshifter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOWNSHIFTER

downshifter  [ˈdaʊnˌʃɪftə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOWNSHIFTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Downshifter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOWNSHIFTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of downshifter in the English dictionary

The definition of downshifter in the dictionary is a person who changes to a lower-paid job for the sake of a better quality of life.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOWNSHIFTER


bifter
ˈbɪftə
CARIFTA
kæˈrɪftə
drifter
ˈdrɪftə
grifter
ˈɡrɪftə
lifter
ˈlɪftə
powerlifter
ˈpaʊərˌlɪftə
shifter
ˈʃɪftə
shoplifter
ˈʃɒpˌlɪftə
sifter
ˈsɪftə
snifter
ˈsnɪftə
swifter
ˈswɪftə
uplifter
ʌpˈlɪftə
weightlifter
ˈweɪtlɪftə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOWNSHIFTER

downs
downscale
downshift
downshifting
downside
downside risk
downsize
downsized
downsizing
downslide
downslope
downspin
downspout
downstage
downstair
downstairs
downstate
downstater
downstream
downstroke

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOWNSHIFTER

and they all lived happily ever after
crafter
drafter
flour sifter
fore-and-after
hereafter
hereinafter
lofter
look after
looked-after
make after
point after
rafter
run after
scene shifter
shirt-lifter
sought-after
the morning after
thereafter
whereafter

Synonyms and antonyms of downshifter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «downshifter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOWNSHIFTER

Find out the translation of downshifter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of downshifter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «downshifter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

downshifter
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

downshifter
570 millions of speakers

English

downshifter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

downshifter
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

downshifter
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

downshifter
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

downshifter
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

downshifter
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

downshifter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Downshifter
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Downshifter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

downshifter
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

downshifter
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Downshifter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

downshifter
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

downshifter
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डाउनशिपटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

downshifter
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

downshifter
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Downshifter
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

downshifter
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

downshifter
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

DOWNSHIFTER
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

downshifter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

downshifter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

downshifter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of downshifter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWNSHIFTER»

The term «downshifter» is normally little used and occupies the 126.291 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWNSHIFTER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «downshifter» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «downshifter» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about downshifter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWNSHIFTER»

Discover the use of downshifter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to downshifter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Any Fool Can Be a Middle-Aged Downshifter
'We're not M.A.D - it's them others' says Mike who welcomes you to the world of middle-aged downshifting and self-sufficiency. With no mortgage and kids flown the nest Mike and his wife, Sue, decided to have a bash at self-sufficiency.
Mike Woolnough, 2010
2
Advanced Silicon Materials for Photovoltaic Applications
Downshifter. Cell. One promising application of Si-NCs is for the downshifter solar cells [17], when downshifting is associated with specific luminescence effects of a downshifting layer, which is deposited on top of the solar cell. Van Sark et al.
Sergio Pizzini, 2012
3
Power, Employment, and Accumulation: Social Structures in ...
15 Attitudes to the Term "Downshifter" Question: "How well would you say the term 'downshifter' applies to you?" Changing Attitudes to Materialism Question: "I feel that money and material goods are less important to me now than they were in ...
Jim Stanford, Lance Taylor, Ellen Houston, 2001
4
The Downshifter's Joke Book
This book is guaranteed to bring a laugh at the turn of each and every page, as Les’s sharp, inspired drawings and slyly topical captions take a gentle but loving dig at downshifters, townies and rural living and a rather less kind dig at ...
Les Ellis, 2011
5
Downshifting: How to Work Less and Enjoy Life More
Drake, who successfully downshifted his own work life, gives timely advice to help people move from the "fast track" to a more satisfying, less-focused lifestyle.
John D. Drake, 2001
6
City at the Cusp
Juliet Schor, author of The Overspent American, considers a downshifter as one who makes “a voluntary lifestyle change, excluding a regularly scheduled retirement, that entail[s] earning less money.”32 In a similar vein, one could say that ...
J. Allison Brown, 2009
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The People Business: Psychological Reflections of Management
Allied to the neo-downshifter and with something of the income of the crypto- downshifter is the pseudo-downshifter. This lot merely play at downshifting. It's merely a career move. Perhaps they have been made redundant – with a nice ...
Adrian Furnham, 2005
8
Downshift to the good life: 52 brilliant ideas to scale it ...
rather than expensive (and not aesthetically pleasing) plastic edging from the Creativity is the downshifter's best friend. Apart from the problem-solving aspect, creativity can make us more at home inside ourselves. That doesn't mean we all ...
Lynn Huggins-Cooper, 2007
9
Broke Is Beautiful: Living and Loving the Cash-Strapped Life
The award for the most surprising downshifter must go to Dee Hock, inventor of the Visa card. Hock is an idealist who believed his credit card creation would allow “spontaneous interconnection into an equitable, enduring, twenty-first- century ...
Laura Lee, 2010
10
Relax and enjoy life: 149 Ultimate Stress Busters
The downshifter's answer is more likely to be crushed eggshells and cloches cut from plastic bottles than expensive electrified copper-gizmos.Want to build raised beds? The downshifter is likely to use old boards or planings from the sawmills ...
Elisabeth Wilson, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOWNSHIFTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term downshifter is used in the context of the following news items.
1
2015 Six-Way Superbike Track Shootout + Video
“For such a tech-laden bike, it seems like an oversight to do without an auto-blipping downshifter and adjustable engine-braking parameters. «Motorcycle.com, Jul 15»
2
Dominique Pinon Joins Cast of Starz's OUTLANDER for Season Two
... English-language My Old Lady, Jean-Michel Ribes' Breves de Comptoir, Guillaume Lubrano's Reality Check and R Prygunov's Downshifter. «Broadway World, Jun 15»
3
Fox-1C, 1D Satellites to Include L-Band Uplink; Fox-1E Linear …
"Rather than adding a complete new receiver, the L band 'Project Downshifter' will convert the received L-band signal down to the Fox-1 uplink ... «eHam.net, Apr 15»
4
Fox-1C and 1D Satellites to Include L-Band Uplink; Fox-1E to Have …
“Rather than adding a complete new receiver, the L band 'Project Downshifter' will convert the received L-band signal down to the Fox-1 uplink ... «ARRL, Apr 15»
5
2016 Aprilia RSV4 RF Review | First Ride from Misano
The aQS (quick shifter) worked as intended, allowing for clutchless upshifts, and although a blip-downshifter is missing I'll bet Aprilia is working ... «UltimateMotorcycling.com, Apr 15»
6
Roskino to Showcase Russian Film at the 5th Beijing International …
Roman Prygunov's "Downshifter" has been selected for the Gala Premiere section. Among the Beijing festival jury members is Fedor ... «Indie Wire, Apr 15»
7
Italian Brothers Taviani's 'Wondrous Boccaccio' to Open Beijing Film …
Meanwhile, apart from the Taviani brothers' title, the four gala screenings also include “NH10” (Navdeep Singh), “Downshifter” (Roman ... «Yibada, Apr 15»
8
Taviani Brothers' 'Wondrous Boccaccio' To Open Beijing Festival
Three other gala presentations include Indian director Navdeep Singh's “NH10,” Russian director Roman Prygunov's “Downshifter,” and Dutch ... «Variety, Apr 15»
9
2015 Yamaha YZF-R1 & YZF-R1M Test | Track Review from Australia
Interestingly, Yamaha have omitted a blip-downshifter, which is rapidly becoming de rigeur on flagship sportbikes such as the MV Agusta F3, ... «UltimateMotorcycling.com, Feb 15»
10
SRAM XX1 mountain bike transmission
The trigger shifter has an adjustable five gears per sweep downshifter paddle and it's noticeably sharper in action than X01 and X1. Syncing ... «BikeRadar.com, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Downshifter [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/downshifter>. Apr 2024 ».
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