Upstream

Quick meaning: Upstream is an adjective meaning In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Against the current.
2. (intransitive) To stream upward.
3. Part of the river towards the upstream direction.
4. (open-source software) The original developers or maintainers of software.
5. (figurative) Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
6. (transitive, open-source software) To have (a software library, patch, etc.) accepted by the original developers of the related software, so that they maintain and distribute it.

Example Sentences

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

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

In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.

The total depth of water at the upstream was measured by using a pointer attached to a carriage sitting on the water table walls.

Word Forms

• upstreams
• upstreaming
• upstreamed

Synonyms for upstream

Depending on context, synonyms include upriver.

Antonyms for upstream

Common opposites include downstream, downriver.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include upriver, downstream, headwater, headwaters, downwind, upwind.

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