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upstream
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective upstream has 1 sense
- upstream(a = adj.all) Array - in the direction against a stream's current; Array Antonym: downstream
Adverbial upstream has 1 sense
- upstream(r = adv.all) upriver - toward the source or against the current; Array Antonym: downstream
CIDE DICTIONARY
upstream, adv.
Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
upstream, adv. & adj.
--adv. against the flow of a stream etc.
--adj. moving upstream.
--adv. against the flow of a stream etc.
--adj. moving upstream.
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