adj
Meaning 1
Closer to the mouth of a river
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- My house is downriver to his.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
downriver
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CMU ARPABET: D AW2 N R IH1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Travelling in the direction of the river current.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It is easier to paddle downriver.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A region of the Detroit metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan south of Detroit, along the western shore of the Detroit River covering 18 municipalities, Allen Park, Brownstown Charter Township, Ecorse, Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Grosse Ile Township, Huron Charter Township, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, River Rouge, Riverview, Rockwood, Romulus, Southgate, Taylor, Trenton, Woodhaven and, Wyandotte.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
away from the source or with the current
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: downstream
Antonyms: upriver
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English down- English rive English -er English river English downriver From down- + river.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ahtna: daaʼ — Translations
- Bulgarian: надолу по реката (nadolu po rekata) — Translations
- Bulgarian: надолу по течението (nadolu po tečenieto) — Translations
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