downstream
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downstream verb
- To stream downward.
Adjective
downstream adjective
- Lower down, in relation to a river, stream or flow of fluid“She lives downstream from the dam.”
- In the direction from the server to the client.
- Towards the 3' end of a DNA molecule.
- (metaphoric) Influenced by something; being a consequence of something.
Adverb
downstream adverb
- Following the path of a river or stream“We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.”
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downriverupstreamstreamconfluencedownwindupwindbelowdownhillclockwisedescendingbottomdownshiftlowerdownwarddownbackward
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