stream — watch/listen online without downloading
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to watch or listen to something over the internet as it plays, rather than downloading it first
Pattern: stream + something
In use
- We just stream everything now, we haven't got a telly aerial.technology
- I was streaming the match on my phone on the train.technology
Common mistake
Saying 'I streamed it down' — there's no 'down'; you just 'stream it'.