Upstream Definition

ŭpstrēm
adverb
In the direction against the current of a stream.
Webster's New World
At an earlier point in a production process or supply chain.
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At or toward the beginning of some process, course of activity, etc.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Being or moving closer to the source of a stream; in the direction opposite to that of the current.
Upstream traffic; an upstream dam.
American Heritage
Earlier in a production process or supply chain.
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The definition of upstream is against the current, or toward the beginning.
An example of upstream used as an adjective is the phrase "an upstream swim," which means a swim against the current.
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(oil industry) Involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling.

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(computing) In the direction from the client to the server.

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The signal direction from the customer premises to the network edge. See also downstream.

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Upstream Sentence Examples

  • Brutus wandered upstream, pausing to lap at the cool water.

  • Possibly this would be used to sail the boat upstream.

  • The Missouri is navigable for small boats to Fort Benton in Chouteau county, but farther upstream near Great Falls, Cascade county, to which it is navigable at high water, it falls 512 ft.

  • It had been at first intended to raise the dam to a height which would have involved the submergence, for some months of every year, of the Philae temples, situated on an island just upstream of the dam.

  • Tensile stresses (indicated by broken lines on the diagram) are shown at the upstream toe notwithstanding that the line of resistance is well within the middle third of the section.

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