downstream
adverb/ˌdaʊnˈstriːm/
/ˌdaʊnˈstriːm/
(also less frequent downriver)
- downstream (of/from something) in the direction in which a river flows
- to drift/float downstream
- downstream of/from the bridge
- There’s a village about a mile downstream.
- Hundreds of people were swept downstream in the floods.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownstream is used with these verbs:- drift
- float
- swim
- …
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