upstream

Meaning

Adj

1. In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
2. Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
3. Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
4. Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
5. Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
6. Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.

Adv

Against the current.

Verb

1. To stream upward.
2. To have (a software library, patch, etc.) accepted by the original developers of the related software, so that they maintain and distribute it.

Noun

1. Part of the river towards the upstream direction.
2. The original developers or maintainers of software.

Synonyms

upriver

up

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upslope

against

above

ahead

against the current

upflow

upper course

upward current

upwelling current

inland

north

updraft

uphill

upwards

upbound

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌpˈstɹiːm/

Etymology

From up- + stream.

Sentences

It is navigable for approximately upstream from its mouth on the Delaware .