upstream

CEFRB2

/ʌpˈstɹiːm/

adverb · adjective

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adverb

    Toward the source of a river or stream.

  2. 02

    adverb

    Extra detail

    Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.

Examples

  • I saw a boat upstream of the bridge.

  • There is a bridge two miles upstream.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.

  2. Involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling.

  3. In the direction from the client to the server.

More examples

In context

  • I'd be more than happy to upstream your patch.

  • Input entry is upstream of input validation in the runtime process.

  • The outage was caused by an upstream error in a payments library.

Antonyms

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Origin

adverb

From up- + stream.