Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To stream upward.

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

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

Examples

29 sentences

  1. Tom tried paddling his canoe upstream.

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  2. There is a bridge two miles upstream.

    ruВ двух милях вверх по течению есть мост. — xmoffx

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  3. There's a bridge about a kilometer upstream.

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  4. It's a lot easier paddling a canoe downstream than upstream.

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  5. It's a lot easier to paddle a canoe downstream than to paddle upstream.

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Forms

upstreams, upstreaming, upstreamed, upstreamed
Base formupstream · to upstream
3rd person singularupstreams
Present participleupstreaming
Past simpleupstreamed
Past participleupstreamed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyupstream
he, she, itupstreams

Past simpleLesson

all personsupstreamed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave upstreamed
he, she, ithas upstreamed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill upstream

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
upstartupstateupsurgeuptake
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