Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective Toward or near the mouth of a river; in the direction of the current.
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- adjective Closer to the mouth of a
river - adverb Travelling in the direction of the river current.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb away from the source or with the current
Etymologies
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Examples
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EaglePass also has two bridges and again I would recommend Bridge II which is about 1/2 mile downriver from the old downtown bridge.
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EaglePass also has two bridges and again I would recommend Bridge II which is about 1/2 mile downriver from the old downtown bridge.
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EaglePass also has two bridges and again I would recommend Bridge II which is about 1/2 mile downriver from the old downtown bridge.
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EaglePass also has two bridges and again I would recommend Bridge II which is about 1/2 mile downriver from the old downtown bridge.
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Government officials, meanwhile, are scrambling to bolster water supplies downriver from the spill and some anticipate possibly having to truck in water.
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It was 1 a.m., and things were just getting started in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood, downriver from the French Quarter.
Jazzfest: Ellis Marsalis Brings the Monk - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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A few miles downriver from the city, the Hooghly, an arm of the Ganges, opens out to become an inland sea of Amazonian proportions.
Oh! Kolkata! 2008
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It was 1 a.m., and things were just getting started in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood, downriver from the French Quarter.
Jazzfest: Ellis Marsalis Brings the Monk - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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A few miles downriver from the city, the Hooghly, an arm of the Ganges, opens out to become an inland sea of Amazonian proportions.
Oh! Kolkata! 2008
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Government officials, meanwhile, are scrambling to bolster water supplies downriver from the spill and some anticipate possibly having to truck in water.
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