downstream
adverb, adjective /ˌdaʊnˈstriːm/Definition
› in the direction a river or stream is flowing: The current carried her downstream.Watercourses and waterfalls › used to describe something that happens later in a process or series of events: He has expanded the glass manufacturing firm by purchasing downstream businesses such as a glass distribution company. → Opposite upstreamDown and downwardMoving downwardsPoints in time
(Definition of downstream adverbadjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (in) midstream idiom
- anytime adverb
- as and when idiom
- during preposition (AT SOME TIME IN)
- hour noun
- immediately conjunction
- juncture noun
- later adjective (IN THE FUTURE)
- later adverb
- midway adverb
- moment noun (OCCASION)
- occasion noun
- once adverb (ONE TIME)
- one number, determiner (PARTICULAR OCCASION)
- point noun (TIME/PLACE)
- time noun (OCCASION)
- time noun (PARTICULAR POINT)
- time noun (SUITABLE POINT)
- under the wire idiom
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