Download the app
educalingo
down-river

Meaning of "down-river" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF DOWN-RIVER

ˌdaʊnˈrɪvə


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 · deliver · deva · diver · driver · favour · flavor · flavour · giver · haver · hiver · laver · liver · Oliver · river · saliva · saver · survivor · upriver · waiver

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

TRANSLATOR

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.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

降河
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

río abajo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

down-river
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे नदी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أسفل النهر
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

вниз - река
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

a descida do rio
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

নিচে- নদী
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

bas - fleuve
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Bawah sungai
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

flussabwärts
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ダウン川
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

다운 강
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mudhun-kali
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xuống sông
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கீழே ஆறு தாண்டிய
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

खाली नदी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Aşağı-nehir
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

down- fiume
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

w dół rzeki
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

вниз -ріка
40 millions of speakers
ro

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

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOWN-RIVER»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of down-river
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «down-river».

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

EXAMPLES

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»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term down-river is used in the context of the following news items.
1
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 ».
Download the educalingo app
EN