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downstreaming

downstreaming is the present participle and gerund of downstream.

Meaning of downstream

Verb

downstream (third-person singular simple present downstreams, present participle downstreaming, simple past and past participle downstreamed)

  1. To stream downward.
  2. (transitive, open-source software) Of the original developers: to make available (a version or patch) to downstream developers and users of the software.

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Questions about downstreaming

What is downstreaming the present participle and gerund of?
Downstreaming is the present participle and gerund of downstream.

Words near downstreaming in the dictionary

  1. downsteps
  2. downstream
  3. downstreamed
  4. downstreamer
  5. downstreamers
  6. downstreaming
  7. downstreamly
  8. downstreams
  9. downstreamward
  10. downstreamwards
  11. downstreet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downstreaming (page history and authors); downstream (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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