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Synonyms for main
meɪn, maɪnmain
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Princeton's WordNet
main, brinynoun
any very large body of (salt) water
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unimportant, mildmainadjective
a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
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mild, unimportantchief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)adjective
most important element
"the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"
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mild, unimportantindependent, main(a)adjective
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
"the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
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unimportant, mildmain(a)adjective
of force; of the greatest possible intensity
"by main strength"
Antonyms:
unimportant, mild
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List of paraphrases for "main":
principal, major, primary, key, senior, core, leading, mainly, chief, top, large, hand, basic, fundamental, essential, principale, central, parent, master, great, lead, prime, keynote, big, primarily, predominant, predicate, dominant, largest, foremost, salient, important, overriding, mainstream, greatest, principaux, significant, first, overarching
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#83 | first | |
#104 | top | |
#209 | great | |
#330 | big | |
#373 | main | |
#462 | large | |
#569 | key | |
#570 | body | |
#573 | important | |
#638 | major | |
#644 | hand | |
#686 | central | |
#945 | basic | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1243 | primary | |
#1314 | master | |
#1406 | significant | |
#1445 | senior | |
#1465 | leading | |
#1617 | core | |
#1771 | parent | |
#1793 | chief | |
#1812 | largest | |
#2108 | prime | |
#2131 | essential | |
#2791 | majority | |
#2831 | principal | |
#3023 | greatest | |
#3977 | bulk | |
#3985 | primarily | |
#4284 | mainly | |
#4428 | fundamental | |
#5725 | trunk | |
#7495 | mainstream | |
#7834 | dominant | |
#11587 | keynote | |
#14599 | foremost | |
#18685 | predicate | |
#23124 | predominant | |
#26134 | overriding | |
#28158 | salient | |
#34667 | overarching | |
#68565 | principale | |
#120905 | principaux | |
#125484 | briny |
How to use main in a sentence?
The lack of legal ownership papers is a main cause of the disorganization in the favelas.
The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist.
Our hope is they will both be available for next series, until they’re into practice with the main group we won’t really know. But hopefully we’ll get a little extra time and they can move along in the healing process.
The main door was not broken, so people walked in through the door. In the National Congress building, the door was not damaged either. At the Supreme Court, you can see the door was destroyed – which clearly leads me to believe that investigations will mostly likely indicate that they may have come in here [ the Planalto presidential palace ] and in National Congress through the main door.
Our main goal is to ensure that the athletes themselves don't suffer from this situation.
Translations for main
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- رَئِيسِيّArabic
- anaAzerbaijani
- гало́ўныBelarusian
- principalCatalan, Valencian
- hlavníCzech
- vigtigsteDanish
- Hauptleitung, hauptsächlich, Haupt-German
- κυρίωςGreek
- ĉefaEsperanto
- principalSpanish
- pea-Estonian
- اصلیPersian
- pää-, pääasiallinen, iso, valta, pääjohtoFinnish
- principalFrench
- ard-phiobManx
- ראשיHebrew
- főHungarian
- terutama, paling pentingIndonesian
- principaleItalian
- עיקריHebrew
- 主, 主要Japanese
- მთავარიGeorgian
- បំពង់ធំ, ដើមKhmer
- 주요한Korean
- pelagusLatin
- matuaMāori
- utama, tinoMalay
- hoofdzakelijke, voornaamste, belangrijkst, belangrijkste, hoofdzakelijkDutch
- hoved-Norwegian
- głównyPolish
- principalPortuguese
- основной, главныйRussian
- hlavnýSlovak
- glávenSlovene
- allmän, huvud, huvudsaklig, generellSwedish
- ముఖ్యమైన, ప్రధానమైనTelugu
- anaTurkish
- مرکزیUrdu
- chủ yếu, chủ, chính, quan trọngVietnamese
- cifikVolapük
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