# upstream

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ʌpˈstɹiːm/ · frequency rank #13,833

## Definitions
1. In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
2. Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
3. Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
4. Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
5. Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
6. Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.

## Etymology
From up- + stream.

## Common misspellings (12)
`pustream`, `uppstream`, `upsrteam`, `upsstream`, `upsteram`, `upstraem`, `upstreamm`, `upstrema`, `upstrream`, `upsttream`, `uptsream`, `usptream`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/upstream