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[ doun-streem ] / ˈdaʊnˈstrim / SEE SYNONYMS FOR downstream ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbwith or in the direction of the current of a stream. adjectiveof or relating to the latter part of a process or system. Genetics. with or in the direction of transcription, translation, or synthesis of a DNA, RNA, or protein molecule. Origin of downstreamFirst recorded in 1700–10; down1 + stream Words nearby downstreamdownspout, Down's syndrome, downstage, downstairs, downstate, downstream, downstroke, downswing, Down syndrome, downtake, down the drain Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for downstreamYou wanted to be upstream with the artists, not downstream with the consumers. Apple Wants Beats So It Can Control You|Ted Gioia|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST New Yorkers use 1.3 billion gallons of water each day, sending it downstream across 7,400 miles of sewer pipes. The Scariest Thing About Sandy: Guarding the Water Supply|Kent Sepkowitz|October 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST We all exist in the hydrosphere, all downstream from one another. Why Is Jacques Cousteau's Granddaughter Driving John McCain's Bus?|Lloyd Grove|April 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST The racks were so arranged that the fish could get upstream through the bars, but could not get downstream. Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol|Henry Harley Arnold
A “long trip” downstream would have brought them into the slough country south of Bakersfield. Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820|Sherburne Friend Cook But even on a massive scale of installation they have little influence on downstream flooding along the main rivers. The Nation's River|United States Department of the Interior The visitors approached their horses and were about to mount, when a peon on foot was seen approaching from downstream. The Broncho Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers|Frank Fowler Chuck strode off downstream and Slim gathered up an armful of wood for the fire. Slim Evans and his Horse Lightning|Graham M. Dean
British Dictionary definitions for downstream
adverb, adjectivein or towards the lower part of a stream; with the current (in the oil industry) of or for the refining, distribution, or marketing of oil or its derived productsCompare upstream (def. 2) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to downstreamnext, ensuing, following, posterior, proximate, subsequent, ulterior, more recent, succeeding |