downstream
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːm
Adjective
[edit]downstream (comparative farther or further downstream, superlative farthest or furthest downstream)
- Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.
- (figurative) 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.
- 2009, Andrew Teufel, Aaron Azelton, Fisher Investments on Energy, page 3:
- The downstream segment (also known as refining and marketing, or R&M) focuses on the final stage of the integrated process.
- 2018, David Brody, Scott Lamb, The Faith of Donald J. Trump: A Spiritual Biography, →ISBN:
- We're a couple of conservative Christians who believe that politics is downstream from culture.
Antonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]lower down, in relation to a river or stream
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biology: towards the 3' end of a DNA molecule
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Adverb
[edit]downstream (not comparable)
- Following the path of a river or stream
- We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.
- She lives downstream from the dam.
Antonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Following the path of a river or stream
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Verb
[edit]downstream (third-person singular simple present downstreams, present participle downstreaming, simple past and past participle downstreamed)
- To stream downward.
- (open-source software, transitive) Of the original developers: to make available (a version or patch) to downstream developers and users of the software.
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