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Dictionary: mid·stream   (mĭd'strēm') pronunciation

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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IN BRIEF: In the middle of a body of running water. Also: Halfway.

pronunciation The boat was midstream before we knew it was loose from the dock.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the middle of a stream


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - midt i strømmen, midtstrøms
adj. - midtstrøms-
adv. - midstrøms

Nederlands (Dutch)
midden van de stroom, halverwege

Français (French)
n. - milieu du courant, (fig) en plein milieu de
adj. - à mi-course
adv. - milieu du courant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Strommitte, Mitte der Handlung
adv. - in Strommitte, mittendrin
adj. - während etw. passiert, in der Mitte der Handlung, mittendrin

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κέντρο ποταμού
adv. - στο κέντρο του ποταμού

Italiano (Italian)
filo della corrente, mezzo, nel mezzo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - meio de um rio (m)
adv. - no meio

Русский (Russian)
середина потока

Español (Spanish)
n. - medio del río, mitad de un período o proceso
adj. - mientras algo aún esta sucediendo, del medio del río
adv. - en forma parcial, a mitad de un proceso o período, a mitad del río

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mitten av strömfåra(n)
adv. - midströms

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
河流正中, 中流, 在中流的, 小便排泄到一半时的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 河流正中, 中流
adj. - 在中流的, 小便排泄到一半時的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 일의 중간
adj. - ~이 진행되는 도중의
adv. - 진행되는 도중에

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 流れの中ほど, 中流, 中途

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وسط النهر (ظرف) ما بين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זרם מרכזי, אמצע הנהר‬
adj. - ‮של הזרם המרכזי‬
adv. - ‮באמצע הפעולה‬


 
 
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