1 in the middle of an activity, often one that is interrupted
2 the middle of a river where the water flows fastest, or fig. the middle of an activity:
3 in the middle of a particular process or series of events:
We are a midstream company that plays a significant role in the oil and gas industry.
In the coming year, we will be concentrating on growing our midstream sales.
I don't think we should change committees midstream.
He thought that he could change in midstream.
I pause there in midstream to make just one other point.
We cannot have a system where a chap can change horses in midstream—perhaps that is an appropriate metaphor in this case.
Should we, in midstream, change the rules which clearly apply to them now and which they knew would apply when they made the decision?
Such a three-year grant would mean that activities would not be cut short in midstream.
I am situated in midstream between the anglers and the footballers.
We do not need lectures about parties changing course in midstream without elections.
The difficulty here is that we cannot start changing our minds—to use an appropriate metaphor—in midstream.