midstream

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)The middle of a stream or river.

adv

1. (not-comparable)in midstream

   “moored midstream”

   “some of them got caught midstream by the tide”

2. (figuratively, not-comparable)in midstream, abruptly

   “the most difficult thing in a fast game of rugby is to change course midstream”

   “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.”

   “Unlike film, theater and TV, the book world didn’t get interrupted midstream.”