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DOWNSHIFT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("downshift" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("downshift" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb downshift

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