downstream
/ˌdaʊnˈstɹiːm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.62 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).
adj
Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
adj
Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
adj
Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
verb
Of the original developers: to make available (a version or patch) to downstream developers and users of the software.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Input validation is downstream of input entry in the runtime process."
- "The downstream segment (also known as refining and marketing, or R&M) focuses on the final stage of the integrated process."
- "We're a couple of conservative Christians who believe that politics is downstream from culture."
- "We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes."
- "She lives downstream from the dam."
Etymology
Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew-der. Proto-Indo-European *srow-mo-s Proto-Germanic *straumaz Proto-West Germanic *straum Old English strēam Middle English strem English stream English downstream From down- + stream.
Usage
Inflected Forms
further downstream (comparative)
farther downstream (comparative)
furthest downstream (superlative)
farthest downstream (superlative)
downstreams (present, singular)
downstreaming (participle, present)
downstreamed (participle, past)
downstreamed (past)