upshift

plural upshifts

1. automotiveA shift to a higher gear.

   For example, the vehicle starts off in second gear or an upshift takes place at lower engine speeds.

   1999, Kurt Neuffer, Kurt Engelsdorf, “Transmission Control”, in Ronald K. Jurgen, editor, Automotive Electronics Handbook, page 323

   Antonyms: downshift

2. A shift to a higher level, such as of frequency, growth, economic level, etc.

   Antonyms: downshift

present singular third person upshifts · participle present upshifting · participle past upshifted · past upshifted

1. automotiveTo shift to a higher gear.

   You can upshift to second gear once the car is moving.

   Antonyms: downshift

2. transitiveTo shift to a higher level, such as of frequency, growth rate, economic level, etc.

   The frequency of the light is upshifted.

   3 more examples

   That's how you upshift a conversation so you can navigate the great political divide in a way that insights, not incites.

   2010, Meryl Runion, How To Restore Sanity To Our Political Conversations, page 113

   Collectively, we need to “up-shift” our thinking—we need a new mindset.

   2014, Lyn Sharratt, Gale Harild, Good to Great to Innovate

   Irritation will also occur if you or your family have never had, and will never have, a chance to 'upshift'.

   2016, Amal Treacher Kabesh, Postcolonial Masculinities, page 73

   Antonyms: downshift