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mid·stream
(mĭd′strēm′)n.
1. The middle part of a stream.
2. The part of a course that is neither at the beginning nor at the end: the midstream of life.
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midstream
(ˈmɪdˌstriːm)n
1. (Physical Geography) the middle of a stream or river
2. the middle of a process or action: they tried to change the rules in midstream.
adv, adj
(Physical Geography) in or towards the middle of a stream or river: moored midstream.
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mid•stream
(ˈmɪdˈstrim)n.
1. the middle of a stream.
2. the middle period of a process, course, or the like.
[1275–1325]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. | midstream - the middle of a stream center, middle, centre, eye, heart - an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
midstream
mid-stream [ˌmɪdˈstriːm]
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
midstream - the middle of a stream