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# downstream

«downstream» in Mova's school dictionary: **in the direction a river or stream flows, towards the sea** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (downstream); adjective (downstream)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x1)
- We paddled our canoe downstream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x2)
- The village is a mile downstream from the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x3)
- Rivers get wider as they flow downstream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x4)
- Salmon swim upstream, not downstream, to lay their eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x5)
- Pollution upstream can harm fish downstream. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/#x7)
- Remember, you are upstream and I am downstream." [tree →](https://md.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.

### In the corpora

- [Water under a calm surface can still be moving fast enough to pull a swimmer downstream.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/231-campfires-and-rivers/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «downstream» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downstream/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.