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downstream

adverb
adverb
BrE BrE//ˌdaʊnˈstriːm//
; NAmE NAmE//ˌdaʊnˈstriːm//
(less frequent downriver) Rivers and lakes
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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 upstream Wordfinderriverbend, course, current, dam, downstream, estuary, river, source, tributary, waterfall Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownstream is used with these verbs: drift, float, swim, … See full entry See related entries: Rivers and lakes
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