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downstream

The definition of downstream is in the same direction that the current of water flows.

(adjective)

When a piece of driftwood is moving left and the current of the water is moving left, this is an example of a time when the driftwood is moving downstream.

See downstream in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adverb, adjective

in the direction of the current of a stream
at or toward the end of some process, course of activity, etc.

See downstream in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

In the direction of a stream's current.
Business Closer to the point of sale than to the point of production or manufacture.

adverb

Down a stream: floated downstream.

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