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Definition of "midstream" []

  • The middle part of a stream. (noun)
  • The part of a course that is neither at the beginning nor at the end: the midstream of life. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "midstream" in a sentence
  • "It just goes to show moving into the manager's office in midstream is a difficult task."
  • "The last piece of the business is what we call our midstream peaking business."
  • "It was Enoch Powell who said that “All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure.”"