Upstream Meaning
/ʌpˈstɹiːm/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjIn a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
adjOccurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
Sentence Examples
There is a bridge two miles upstream.
I saw a boat upstream of the bridge.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The salmon swam ____ to reach their breeding grounds in the river.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The salmon swim ____ every single year to reach their spawning grounds in the upper parts of the river today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English up- English stream English upstream From up- + stream.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"You can also check the upstream and/or Debian bug trackers for open and closed bugs and the upstream revision history or newer release(s)."
— 2013, Matthew Helmke, Ubuntu Unleashed 2013 Edition: Covering 12.10 and 13.04, Pearson Education:
"If the developer knows the bug is an upstream bug but does not know which bug it is in the upstream bug tracker, he can add an upstream task to the bug report."
— 2012, Jono Bacon, The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation, O'Reilly Media, page 141:
"Because a user generally does not know the pedigree of the open source, it cannot know whether an upstream developer used intellectual property belonging to a third party in developing that software."
— 2008, Michael Dennis Scott, Scott on Outsourcing: Law and Practice, Aspen Publishers, page 198:
"We'll walk through the steps to build FreeS/WAN using the upstream tarball."
— 2002, Tony Mancill, Linux Routers: A Primer for Network Administrators, Prentice Hall, page 190:
"In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream."
— 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: Heinemann, page 102:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The salmon swam ____ to reach their breeding grounds in the river.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The salmon swim ____ every single year to reach their spawning grounds in the upper parts of the river today.