Meaning

2 senses
  1. Towards the source of a river.

    toward the source or against the current

  2. Against the current.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. There's a bridge about a kilometer upriver.

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  2. According to the map, there should be a bridge about three miles upriver.

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  3. The stream becomes shallower as you move upriver.

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  4. I read the article "The Emergence of Determiner Clisis in Upriver Halkomelem."

    deIch habe den Artikel „Die Entstehung der Determinierer-Klitisierung im Upriver Halkomelem“ gelesen.

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  5. If First Nations interest you, maybe read the article "An Upriver Halkomelem Mink Story: Ethnopoetics and Discourse Analysis."

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Origin

From up- + river.

From up- + river.

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Forms

further upriver/farther upriver, furthest upriver/farthest upriver

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • toward the source or against the current:upstream

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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