upriver
Towards the source of a riverTowards the source of a river.
» There's a bridge about a kilometer upriver.
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2 sensesTowards the source of a river.
toward the source or against the current
Against the current.
Examples
5 sentencesThere's a bridge about a kilometer upriver.
According to the map, there should be a bridge about three miles upriver.
The stream becomes shallower as you move upriver.
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. — Vortarulo
If First Nations interest you, maybe read the article "An Upriver Halkomelem Mink Story: Ethnopoetics and Discourse Analysis."
Origin
From up- + river.From up- + river.
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Forms
further upriver/farther upriver, furthest upriver/farthest upriver| Comparative | further upriver / farther upriver Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | furthest upriver / farthest upriver |
irregular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- toward the source or against the current:upstream
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.