Meaning of the word downstream in English
What does downstream mean in English? Explore the meaning, pronunciation, and specific usage of this word with Lingoland.
downstream
US /ˌdaʊnˈstriːm/
UK /ˌdaʊnˈstriːm/
Adjective
1.
situated or moving in the direction in which a stream or river flows.
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deforestation could have disastrous consequences for downstream regions
2.
situated in or toward the part of a sequence of genetic material where transcription takes place later than at a given point.
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many of the protein gene sequences in this study appear to end with a single T that is directly adjacent to the downstream gene
Adverb
1.
in the direction in which a stream or river flows.
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the car had floated some way downstream
2.
in or toward the part of a sequence of genetic material where transcription takes place later than at a given point.
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a termination signal was found downstream from the coding region