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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"
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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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#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?
So, the main thing that you have to lean on is you have to stop the violence because violence begets violence, and if you're letting people out with no bail, with illegal firearms or there's a shooting and people don't go to jail for them, the chance of retaliation becomes greater. And I think that's what we're seeing here.
For now, (investors) are embracing the economic data that shows improvements in the economy and are ignoring data that suggests that it’s going to lead to much higher prices and shortages that affect specific companies, the main driver behind the stock market is the reopening of the country ... that’s motivating investors to feel a sense of optimism about markets and cause them to come back in and buy stocks with the idea that things will be better by the fall and earnings will improve.
We know that he couldn't contain his behavior, even in a public place like a restaurant, when we shortly thereafter find her strangled to death, it does suggest a kind of intimate type of homicide, domestic abuse, type of homicide between a couple -- and therefore certainly makes Brian Laundrie the main suspect.
He really taught us at an early age principles as far as leading with love, trying to listen with open heart and open ears, so, I think those are the main principles that I've tried to apply to both the Heal Los Angeles Foundation and my every day life.
Our supreme interests, chiefly the security and unity of Jerusalem, are not the main concern of those anonymous officials who attack us and me personally, as the assault on me comes only because I defend the State of Israel
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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