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PRONUNCIATION OF DOWN-RIVER

down-river  [ˌdaʊnˈrɪvə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOWN-RIVER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Down-River is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES DOWN-RIVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of down-river in the English dictionary

The definition of down-river in the dictionary is towards the river mouth.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOWN-RIVER


arriver
əˈraɪvə
deliver
dɪˈlɪvə
deva
ˈdeɪvə
diver
ˈdaɪvə
driver
ˈdraɪvə
favour
ˈfeɪvə
flavor
ˈfleɪvə
flavour
ˈfleɪvə
giver
ˈɡɪvə
haver
ˈheɪvə
hiver
ˈhaɪvə
laver
ˈleɪvə
liver
ˈlɪvə
Oliver
ˈɒlɪvə
river
ˈrɪvə
saliva
səˈlaɪvə
saver
ˈseɪvə
survivor
səˈvaɪvə
upriver
ˈʌpˈrɪvə
waiver
ˈweɪvə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOWN-RIVER

down to
down under
down with
down-and-out
down-at-heel
down-bow
down-cycle
down-home
down-in-the-mouth
down-market
down-to-earth
Down´s syndrome
downbeat
downburst
downcast
downcome
downcomer
downcourt
downcry
downdraught

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOWN-RIVER

ambulance driver
coach driver
drunk driver
head of the river
hit-and-run driver
learner driver
owner-driver
pile-driver
race car driver
racing driver
rally driver
receiver
shriver
slave driver
slave-driver
Sunday driver
taxi driver
the river
tractor driver
truck driver
woman driver

Synonyms and antonyms of down-river in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «down-river» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOWN-RIVER

Find out the translation of down-river to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of down-river from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «down-river» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

降河
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

río abajo
570 millions of speakers

English

down-river
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे नदी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسفل النهر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вниз - река
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a descida do rio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিচে- নদী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bas - fleuve
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bawah sungai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

flussabwärts
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ダウン川
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다운 강
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mudhun-kali
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xuống sông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழே ஆறு தாண்டிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली नदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aşağı-nehir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

down- fiume
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w dół rzeki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вниз -ріка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în aval
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στο ποτάμι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

down- rivier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ner - floden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nedover elva
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of down-river

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWN-RIVER»

The term «down-river» is regularly used and occupies the 106.430 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWN-RIVER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about down-river

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOWN-RIVER»

Discover the use of down-river in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to down-river and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Down River
Swept away, battered and alone, she has been left for dead. Lodge owner Mitch Braxton knows something is terribly wrong when Lisa fails to turn up for a private meeting to clear the air and close the book on their broken engagement.
Karen Harper, 2012
2
Down River
Going back is never easy .
John Hart, 2009
3
Going Down River
An adventure story, with Witches, Indians, Ghosts, Rustlers, and robbers, etc. which takes place during the 1850's on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, for kids and adults of all ages.
John Wiskus, 2006
4
African Novels in the Classroom
6) Going Down River Road works well in general courses on modern Africa because it can be read both as a gritty depiction of urban life during the first decade of independence and as a document of its time. The rapid expansion of secondary ...
Margaret Jean Hay, 2000
5
Down wind, down river: new and selected poems
In addition to the poems presented in Down Wind, Down River, this volume includes work from Black Ash, Orange Fire: Collected Poems 1959-85; Men at Work(1989); and translations of Enrique Lihn, Antonio Machado, and Vicente Huidobro.
William Witherup, University of New Mexico Press, 2000
6
Kenya
Down River Road; Carcase for Hounds; Kill Me Quick (all in Heinemann's African Writers series, UK/US, the latter two titles now o/p). Mwangi is lighter and more accessible than Ngugi, his fiction infused with the absurdities of urban Nairobi ...
Richard Trillo, 2002
7
Down River: The Wilcannia Mob Story
"The story of five Aboriginal boys and their community when a song they recorded in a community workshop, rocketed them to national fame."--Provided by publisher.
Melinda Collie-Holmes, Michael Angus, 2008
8
Down River
For plainclothes cop Johnny Mays, the city is his playground, and we are his toys.
Stephen Gallagher, 1991
9
Making a Living: Work and Environment in the United States: ...
61 62 63 64 Anti-Pollution League; Corres & reports, 1969,'' Box 2, UAW Conservation and Recreation Collection; Report on Reviving DAPL, likely written by Olga Madar, n.d., Folder ''Down River Anti-Pollution League; Corres & reports, 1969 ...
Chad Montrie, 2009
10
Phraseology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
LDOCE draws specific attention to the verb collocate flow, while OALD only does so by implication in its gloss of down river. Neither deals with adjective collocates . Both dictionaries use typography to distinguish levels and types of information ...
Sylviane Granger, Fanny Meunier, 2008

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOWN-RIVER»

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Search finds man alive after hours in the Lehigh River, authorities …
Down-river responders aided in the search, Novatnack said. In addition to boats, a thermal imaging scanner and a PennStar helicopter were ... «lehighvalleylive.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Down-River [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/down-river>. Jun 2026 ».
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