downstream

[ doun-streem ]

adverb

1. with or in the direction of the current of a stream.

adjective

1. of or relating to the latter part of a process or system.
2. Genetics. with or in the direction of transcription, translation, or synthesis of a DNA, RNA, or protein molecule.

downstream

/ ˈdaʊnˈstriːm /

adverb

1. in or towards the lower part of a stream; with the current
2. (in the oil industry) of or for the refining, distribution, or marketing of oil or its derived products Compare upstream

Word History and Origins

Origin of downstream¹

First recorded in 1700–10; down ¹ + stream

Example Sentences

Antitrust authorities around the world would need to weigh the position a merged Exxon and Chevron would have in both the upstream and downstream sectors.

From Fortune

Beyond some threshold—or weight—the cell fires a signal to its own network of downstream connections.

From Singularity Hub 

ERNIE-ViL also achieved state-of-the-art performance on five vision-language downstream tasks.

From MIT Technology Review

“If the downstream impact or the byproduct of this site is some sort of unity between the parties, great,” Evans told the Washington Post in October.

From Vox

Looking downstream, though, it’s not clear how long their sin will sting.

From Time

It could be that those downstream abnormalities in cell development were due to improper signaling from the cerebellum.

From The Daily Beast

There is now a black dot in a cluster of reeds about two hundred meters downstream.

From The Daily Beast

The civil war has reached a fever pitch and your battalion has recovered eight bodies floating downstream this week alone.

From The Daily Beast

The mother continues to row frantically, but the boat begins to drift slowly downstream.

From The Daily Beast

You wanted to be upstream with the artists, not downstream with the consumers.

From The Daily Beast

That's a dam downstream aways en the B-line waters a couple o' hundred acres.

From Project Gutenberg

Then, retrieving their net, they once more fastened Raf into it and turned downstream, as intent as ever upon reaching the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

Downstream a yellow spot broke out like a candle flame against black velvet.

From Project Gutenberg

Archie Lawanne came back downstream with two grizzly pelts, and Hollister met Bland for the first time.

From Project Gutenberg

But when he turned and set out on a run for that shake cabin four hundred yards downstream, Lawanne followed at his heels.

From Project Gutenberg

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