MIDSTREAM


Meaning of MIDSTREAM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪdstri:m ]

also mid-stream

1.

Someone or something that is in midstream is in the middle of a river, where the current is strongest.

Their boat had capsized in midstream.

N-UNCOUNT : oft in N

Midstream is also an adverb.

Some of them got caught midstream by the tide.

ADV : usu ADV after v , also n ADV

2.

If someone who has been doing something such as talking stops or pauses in midstream , they stop doing it, often before continuing.

I was cut off in midstream.

N-UNCOUNT : oft in N

Midstream is also an adverb.

The most difficult thing in a fast game of rugby is to change course midstream.

ADV : ADV after v

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