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downstream
English
Etymology
From down- +? stream.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i?m
Adjective
downstream (not comparable)
- Lower down, in relation to a river, stream or flow of fluid
- She lives downstream from the dam.
- (computing) In the direction from the server to the client.
- (biology) Towards the 3' end of a DNA molecule.
- (metaphoric) Influenced by something; being a consequence of something.
Antonyms
- upstream
Translations
Adverb
downstream (not comparable)
- Following the path of a river or stream
- We spent the day paddling downstream in our canoes.
Antonyms
- upstream
Translations
Verb
downstream (third-person singular simple present downstreams, present participle downstreaming, simple past and past participle downstreamed)
- To stream downward.
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below
English
Etymology
From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- +? low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, alo?, alowe (“below”) and benethen (“beneath”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??l??/
- (US) IPA(key): /b??lo?/
- Hyphenation: be?low
- Rhymes: -??
Preposition
below
- Lower in spatial position than.
- (law) Within the writing of a given document which follows a particular appearance of the word "below".
- "By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below."
- Lower in value, price, rank or concentration than.
- one degree below kings
- Downstream of.
- South of.
- Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- who thinks no fact below his regard
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- (stage directions) Downstage of.
- 1952, Frederick Knott, Dial "M" for Murder, 1954 Dramatists Play Service acting edition, act 1, scene 1:
- Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.
- 1952, Frederick Knott, Dial "M" for Murder, 1954 Dramatists Play Service acting edition, act 1, scene 1:
Synonyms
- (lower in spatial position than): beneath, under, underneath
- (lower in value than): under
- (downstream of): downstream
- (unsuitable to the rank or dignity of): beneath
Antonyms
- (lower in spatial position than): above, over
- (lower in value than): over
- (downstream of): upstream
Derived terms
- below the belt
Translations
Adverb
below (not comparable)
- In a lower place.
- On a lower storey.
- Further down.
- (nautical) On a lower deck.
- (of a temperature) Below zero.
Synonyms
- (in a lower place): beneath, under, underneath
- (on a lower storey): downstairs
- (farther down): downwards
Antonyms
- (in a lower place): aloft, overhead, up
- (on a lower storey): upstairs
- (farther down): upwards
Translations
Derived terms
Pages starting with “below”.
- below average
- below decks/belowdecks
- belowground
- below par
- below the belt
- below the fold
References
- Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "The vertical axis", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
Anagrams
- Blowe, Lebow, blowe, bowel, bowle, elbow
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