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# downstream

adverb (downstream); adjective (downstream)

«downstream» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Downstream means in the direction a river or stream flows, towards the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#m1)
2. Downstream describes a place further along a river in that direction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and science, rivers flow downstream from the source in the hills to the mouth at the sea; things floating drift downstream. In stories boats and rafts are carried downstream. Phrases: «float downstream», «further downstream», «swim against the current» (upstream).

### Examples

- The leaf floated downstream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x1)
- We paddled our canoe downstream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x2)
- The village is a mile downstream from the bridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x3)
- Rivers get wider as they flow downstream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x4)
- Salmon swim upstream, not downstream, to lay their eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x5)
- Pollution upstream can harm fish downstream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x6)
- Never chase a ball that is being carried downstream; the water is stronger than you think. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x7)
- Remember, you are upstream and I am downstream." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x8)

### Note

One word. Opposite: «upstream». In maths problems a boat going downstream goes faster because the current adds to its speed; going upstream the current takes speed away. Safety: rivers are dangerous; stay out of fast water.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «downstream» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«downstream» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/downstream.html) on Mova free.