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streaming¹

  • /ˈstɹiːmɪŋ/

Rhymes with -iːmɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English stremyng, stremynge, stremande, equivalent to stream + -ing.

adjective more streaming · most streaming

  1. Flowing or moving in continuous succession, like fluid in a stream.

    Similar: fluent, onrushing, flowing, fluid, fluminous, fluxive, free-flowing, quick, running, streaming

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of stream

streaming²

  • /ˈstɹiːmɪŋ/

Rhymes with -iːmɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English stremynge, equivalent to stream + -ing.

noun streamings

  1. uncountable, usually Movement as a stream.
  2. uncountable, usually The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it. Streaming has a dirty secret. The carbon footprint produced by fans watching a month of Netflix’s top 10 global TV hits is equivalent to driving a car a hefty distance beyond Saturn.
  3. Internet, uncountable, usually Synonym of livestreaming.

    Similar: livestreaming

  4. UK, uncountable, usually Division of classes into academic streams. Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.

    Similar: tracking

  5. uncountable, usually The working of alluvial deposits to obtain ore.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: flowing, moving, running, cyclosis, flux, flow, fluent, dissemination, propeller, fluid, transfer, broadcast, transaxle, transferring, forwarding, grading

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noun computing

Españolstreaming, transmisión
한국어스트리밍 seuteuriming, 스밍 seuming
日本語ストリーミング sutorīmingu
中文流媒體 /流媒体 liúméitǐ
Portuguêsstreaming
Françaisflux, streaming, diffusion en continu, diffusion en flux
DeutschStreaming
Ελληνικάροοθήκευση roothíkefsi
Русскийстри́минг stríming, пото́ковое мультиме́диа potókovoje mulʹtimédia
עבריתשידור חי, שִׁדּוּר חַי shidúr kháy

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Chicago

"streaming." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/streaming.

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@misc{streaming_2026,
  title = {streaming},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/streaming},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}