Word: upshifters
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: up
shif
ters
Definition: Plural of upshifter. A process, algorithm, etc. that shifts something to a higher level or frequency.
Morphemes:
Affix: up-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used to indicate increase.
Affix: shift
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ārius
Language: la
Decoded: -arius
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns or numerals.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.