Associations to the word «Upstream»

Wiktionary

UPSTREAM, adjective. In a direction against the flow of a current or stream; upriver
UPSTREAM, adjective. (oil industry) involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling
UPSTREAM, adjective. (computing) in the direction from the client to the server
UPSTREAM, adjective. (open-source software) maintained, owned or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream
UPSTREAM, adjective. (biology) towards the leading end (5'end) of a DNA molecule
UPSTREAM, adverb. Against the current

Dictionary definition

UPSTREAM, adverb. Toward the source or against the current.
UPSTREAM, adjective. In the direction against a stream's current.

Wise words

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain