Meaning

4 senses
  1. Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).

    stromabwärts

    in the direction of a stream's current

  2. (figuratively)Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.

    Input validation is downstream of input entry in the runtime process.

  3. Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.

    (figuratively)In the direction from the server to the client.

  4. (figuratively)Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Tom floated downstream on a raft.

    ruТом плыл вниз по течению на плоту.

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  2. Tom drifted downstream on the raft.

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  3. The river took Tom farther downstream.

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  4. Our camp is about 5 miles downstream from here.

    deUnser Lager ist etwa fünf Meilen flussabwärts von hier.

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  5. It's a lot easier paddling a canoe downstream than upstream.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
lower down, in relation to a river or stream:

Forms

further downstream/farther downstream, furthest downstream/farthest downstream

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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