main
∞
1.0
- adjective
- /meɪn/
:
principal
- The main goal of our project is to increase community engagement.
- main effect
- main character
- main reason
Then we come to the main room here.
- Then we come to the main room here.
- The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
- Now let's move into the main part of my glam room.
- They don't produce much, their main export is soldiers.
- But I have to say, like, his main thing is his gut.
- Is that that's the main motive of a friendship.
- So that those are some of the main ideas of this work.
- Stand up has always been like my main love as a comedian.
- That's what he says is the main focus for phase four.
- You are the main problem for my country.
- I, I would say my main goal, if you will.
- And the main thing, the main thing is ourself.
- Those are not the main show, so to speak.
Examples
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Now let's move into the main part of my glam room.
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So I'm going to talk today about four main problems here.
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Then we come to the main room here.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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And then we walk in and here is the main living space.
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Come in and this is like the main bedroom.
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All this taking place inside our main building?
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The most pressing matters are in the main stage.
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We were not sure which was the main exit, and so we followed the crowds.
Academic text (2015) -
The following issues were agreed upon as the main problems confronting the inmates and workers:
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very serious or important
∞
3.2
The main thing that matters most
∞
2.5
Being most important or basic
528
2.1
Very important and needed for something to work
320
2.8
Most important person or thing in a situation
122
4.2
Most important in a group or area
61
4.5
Most important or best in a group of similar things
45
6.7
More important than anything else
29
5.0
Very important and basic to how something works
22
4.0
More important than other things
Most important or main
In the most important place in your mind
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
11
4.4
The people and life of small towns, often seen as traditional and focused on money
- Specialized
1
4.4
A large underground pipe that carries dirty water from buildings to a treatment plant
- Specialized
1
4.5
A large set of spinning blades on a helicopter that lifts it into the air
- Specialized
A large cable or line that carries electricity from a power station to homes
A large city in central Germany that is an important banking and trade centre
- Specialized
The line of numbers in a square table from the top left to the bottom right
A strong front light on a car used when no other cars come because it can blind drivers
- Specialized
A vertical pipe in a building that carries water or gas to different floors
How Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
Main comes from an old English word mægen that meant 'strength' or 'power'. So something main is the strongest or most important thing.