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–adverb

1.	toward or in the higher part of a stream; against the current.

–adjective

2.	directed upstream; situated upstream: an upstream journey; an upstream hideout.

3.	Commerce. of or pertaining to the early stages in the operations of a business or industry, as exploration and production in the oil business (opposed to downstream).

4.	against or opposite to the direction of transcription, translation, or synthesis of a DNA, RNA, or protein molecule.

[Origin: 1675–85; up- + stream

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up·stream Audio Help   (ŭp'strēm') Pronunciation Key
adv.   In, at, or toward the source of a stream: paddling upstream.

adj.

In a direction opposite to that of a stream's current: upstream traffic.
Business Closer to the point of production or manufacture than to the point of sale.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
upstream

1681, from up- + stream. In common use from c.1890.

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upstream
adjective
1.	in the direction against a stream's current [ant: downstream]
adverb
1.	toward the source or against the current [syn: upriver] [ant: downriver]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
upˈstream adverb

towards the upper part or source of a stream, river etc
Example: Salmon swim upstream to lay their eggs.

Arabic:	ضِد التيّار
Chinese (Simplified):	向上游
Chinese (Traditional):	向上遊
Czech:	proti proudu
Danish:	op ad floden
Dutch:	stroomopwaarts
Estonian:	ülesjõge
Finnish:	yläjuoksuun
French:	à contre-courant
German:	stromaufwärts
Greek:	κόντρα στο ρεύμα (για ποτάμι)
Hungarian:	ár ellen (haladó)
Icelandic:	upp ána, *með ánni

Italian:	contro corrente*
Japanese:	上流へ
Latvian:	augšup; pret straumi
Lithuanian:	upe aukštyn, prieš srovę
Norwegian:	opp(over) elva, mot strømmen
Polish:	w górę (np. rzeki)
Portuguese (Portugal):	contra a corrente
Russian:	вверх по течению
Slovak:	proti prúdu
Slovenian:	proti toku
Spanish:	río arriba, a contracorriente
Swedish:	uppströms
Turkish:	akıntıya karşı, kaynağına doğru

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upstream networking
Fewer network hops away from a backbone or hub. For example, a small ISP that connects to the Internet through a larger ISP that has their own connection to the backbone is downstream from the larger ISP, and the larger ISP is upstream from the smaller ISP.
(1999-08-05)