Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to upshift
Participle: upshifted
Gerund: upshifting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | upshift |
| you | upshift |
| he;she;it | upshifts |
| we | upshift |
| you | upshift |
| they | upshift |
Perfect
| I | have upshifted |
| you | have upshifted |
| he;she;it | has upshifted |
| we | have upshifted |
| you | have upshifted |
| they | have upshifted |
Past
| I | upshifted |
| you | upshifted |
| he;she;it | upshifted |
| we | upshifted |
| you | upshifted |
| they | upshifted |
Pluperfect
| I | had upshifted |
| you | had upshifted |
| he;she;it | had upshifted |
| we | had upshifted |
| you | had upshifted |
| they | had upshifted |
Future
| I | will upshift |
| you | will upshift |
| he;she;it | will upshift |
| we | will upshift |
| you | will upshift |
| they | will upshift |
Future Perfect
| I | will have upshifted |
| you | will have upshifted |
| he;she;it | will have upshifted |
| we | will have upshifted |
| you | will have upshifted |
| they | will have upshifted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | upshift |
| you | upshift |
| he;she;it | upshift |
| we | upshift |
| you | upshift |
| they | upshift |
Perfect
| I | have upshifted |
| you | have upshifted |
| he;she;it | have upshifted |
| we | have upshifted |
| you | have upshifted |
| they | have upshifted |
Imperfect
| I | upshifted |
| you | upshifted |
| he;she;it | upshifted |
| we | upshifted |
| you | upshifted |
| they | upshifted |
Pluperfect
| I | had upshifted |
| you | had upshifted |
| he;she;it | had upshifted |
| we | had upshifted |
| you | had upshifted |
| they | had upshifted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would upshift |
| you | would upshift |
| he;she;it | would upshift |
| we | would upshift |
| you | would upshift |
| they | would upshift |
Perfect
| I | would have upshifted |
| you | would have upshifted |
| he;she;it | would have upshifted |
| we | would have upshifted |
| you | would have upshifted |
| they | would have upshifted |
Imperative
| you | upshift |
| we | Let's upshift |
| you | upshift |
Verbs conjugated like 'upshift'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'upshift'
unshift,
reshift,
shift,
uphilt,
uplift,
upshoot,
upskirt,
fishify,
mishit,
nymshift,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English upshiften, upschyften (“to raise”), equivalent to up- + shift.
Sample Sentences
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You can upshift to second gear once the car is moving.
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The frequency of the light is upshifted.
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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:]
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Collectively, we need to “up-shift” our thinking—we need a new mindset. [2014, Lyn Sharratt, Gale Harild, Good to Great to Innovate:]
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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:]