Downstream

Quick meaning: Downstream is an adjective meaning Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).

Meaning

Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).

More Meanings

1. Following the path of a river or stream.
2. To stream downward.
3. (figurative) Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
4. (open-source software, transitive) Of the original developers: to make available (a version or patch) to downstream developers and users of the software.

Example Sentences

She lives downstream from the dam.

We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.

Input validation is downstream of input entry in the runtime process.

We're a couple of conservative Christians who believe that politics is downstream from culture.

Word Forms

• downstreams
• downstreaming
• downstreamed

Synonyms for downstream

Depending on context, synonyms include downriver.

Antonyms for downstream

Common opposites include upstream, upriver.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include downriver, upstream, stream, confluence, downwind, upwind.

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