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stream

95 3.2
A live audio or video broadcast over the internet you watch as it happens
  • noun
  • /striːm/
  • Texting
translation icon : transmisión en vivo
  • Millions of fans tuned in to watch the live stream of the gaming tournament.
  • video stream
  • audio stream
  • compressed audio stream

First, I'm ending all live streams for at least one month.

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Examples

  • Welcome back and welcome back to the live stream as well.

  • And then the live stream is on Thursday.

  • First, on the White House live stream event, comments and the chat were turned off.

  • We're gonna do these live stream watch parties for each new upload.

  • All right, guys, welcome to the Linus Tech Tips live stream with special guest Slick.

  • I was excited to join the live stream of the concert and watch it as it happened.

  • During the live stream, viewers could interact with the host through comments.

Synonyms

video
vsstream
1.0

A recording of moving pictures used for entertainment or information

is specifically a live internet transmission happening in real time
telecast
vsstream
19 3.4

A program shown on television for many people to watch

is delivered over the internet in real time rather than by TV
videocast
vsstream
  • Texting
1 4.0

A video broadcast over the internet, live or on demand

is strictly live in real time and available as it happens

Antonyms

150 2.1

Capturing sound or pictures so they can be played later

Compounds

A regular way that a business or organization earns money

jet stream
  • Specialized
14 3.7

A narrow band of very fast winds high in the sky that affect weather

data stream
  • Specialized
11 3.3

A continuous flow of information sent or processed by computers in real time

9 3.1

A warm ocean current that flows from the Gulf of Mexico past the US east coast toward Europe

7 8.1

A way of writing that shows a character's thoughts as they happen

stream of news
  • Literature
1 2.8

A constant flow of news on phones and websites

meteor stream
  • Specialized
7.5

A group of small rocks in space that cause meteor showers when Earth passes through them

A part of a river where the tide makes the water go in the other direction or rise and fall

A stream whose water level and flow change with sea tides, reaching far upstream

8.1

An orchid that grows along streams or ponds in western North America with leafy stems and greenish-brown and pinkish flowers

How Current

livestream
  • Texting
3 3.5
stream
  • Texting
95 3.2
feed
  • Texting
201 3.4
to archive
30 3.9

Surface Forms

stream singular
streams plural

Etymology

The word stream comes from an old English word stream meaning 'flow'. A live stream is like a continuous flow of video or sound that you watch as it happens, just like watching water running in a river.