midstream

The middle of a stream or river.

Adverb

  1. in midstream
    • moored midstream
    • some of them got caught midstream by the tide
  2. in midstream, abruptly
    • the most difficult thing in a fast game of rugby is to change course midstream
    • But it was in the middle of this process that he had met Ms. Lukoji, and he opted not to change his application midstream to take his marriage into account. - 2018 January 19, Matt Katz, “Leaving Africa, and Living in...
    • Unlike film, theater and TV, the book world didn’t get interrupted midstream. - 2020 November 19, Natasha Frost, “Covid-19, Boris Johnson, U.S. Troops: Your Thursday Briefing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English stream English midstream From mid- + stream.

Noun

  1. The middle of a stream or river.

Forms

midstreams

Derived

change horses in midstream swap horses in midstream