downshift in English

noun
1
a change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle.
Like the V8 it mates to a five-speed automatic with adaptive shift control and a manual mode that matches engine revs on downshifts .
verb
1
change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle.
In automatic mode it will sense via accelerometers when to retain a low gear and when to downshift .

Use "downshift" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "downshift" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "downshift", or refer to the context using the word "downshift" in the English Dictionary.

1. to downshift into a lower gear.

2. Max, downshift and put it in reverse.

3. PULL SHIFT LEVER TO LEFT SEVERAL TIMES TO ACTUATE DOWNSHIFT SWITCH.

4. The system (10) will force a downshift if insufficient vehicle acceleration is detected by the system.

5. Directed with a genial Breeziness by Jeremy Sims, the movie negotiates emotional downshift and uplift with confidence

6. Branches scraping the truck again[sentence dictionary], a grinding downshift into first: and the truck jarring itself over dirt.

7. Laser Doppler Anemometry [LDA] The concept of a Doppler shift is familiar to us from the downshift in pitch that we hear as a siren moves towards and then away from us