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Definition of downstream adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

downstream

adverb
 
/ˌdaʊnˈstriːm/
 
/ˌdaʊnˈstriːm/
(also less frequent downriver)
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  1. 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.
    opposite upstreamTopics Geographyc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownstream is used with these verbs:
    • drift
    • float
    • swim
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