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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew-der. Proto-Indo-European *srow-mo-s Proto-Germanic *straumaz Proto-West Germanic *straum Old English strēam Middle English strem English stream English midstream From mid- + stream.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) in midstream
moored midstream
some of them got caught midstream by the tide
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(figuratively, not-comparable) in midstream, abruptly
the most difficult thing in a fast game of rugby is to change course midstream
Unlike film, theater and TV, the book world didn’t get interrupted midstream.
2020 November 19, Natasha Frost, “Covid-19, Boris Johnson, U.S. Troops: Your Thursday Briefing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:But it was in the middle of this process that he had met Ms. Lukoji, and he opted not to change his application midstream to take his marriage into account.
2018 January 19, Matt Katz, “Leaving Africa, and Living in Limbo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN: