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UPRIVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does upriver mean?
• UPRIVER (adverb)
The adverb UPRIVER has 1 sense:
1. toward the source or against the current
Familiarity information: UPRIVER used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toward the source or against the current
Synonyms:
upriver; upstream
Antonym:
downriver (away from the source or with the current)
Context examples
A study found that, instead of increasing downriver, fish diversity decreases closer to the mouth of the Amazon, concentrating more upriver at the western portion of the basin.
(Amazon fish ‘face new threats’, SciDev.Net)
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