downstream
Pronunciación: [ˌdaʊnˈstriːm]
Contexto: «water flow»
(adverb) in the direction that water flows in a river or stream. If you imagine standing beside a river, upstream is where the water comes from, and downstream is where the water goes.
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The boat traveled downstream, moving smoothly with the current.
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The debris could not float upstream; it always headed downstream.
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Can we go downstream to find a better fishing spot?
Contexto: «process»
(adjective) referring to something that occurs later in a process or sequence. It's like when you are finishing one part of a project and looking ahead to what comes next.
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The downstream effects of the new policy are still being analyzed.
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The changes we made did not have any downstream benefits; they created confusion instead.
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What are the downstream consequences of our decision?
Contexto: «water flow»
(noun) the area of land along a river or the part of a river where the water flows towards the sea. It's where you might find plants and fish, benefiting from the river that flows past.
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They set up a picnic by the downstream area, where the scenery was beautiful.
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They didn’t realize upstream had been polluted, so downstream was not healthy for swimming.
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What wildlife can we expect to find downstream from here?