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Meaning of 'main'
Meaning of 'main' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Main 
[ a.]
- Very or extremely strong. [ a.]- Vast; huge.
- Unqualified; absolute; entire; sheer.
- Principal; chief; first in size, rank, importance, etc.
- Important; necessary.
- Very; extremely; as, main heavy.
2. Main [ n.]
- A hand or match at dice. [ n.]- A stake played for at dice.
- The largest throw in a match at dice; a throw at dice within given limits, as in the game of hazard.
- A match at cockfighting.
- A main-hamper.
3. Main [ v.]
- Strength; force; might; violent effort. [ v.]- The chief or principal part; the main or most important thing.
- The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. ; the high sea; the ocean.
- The continent, as distinguished from an island; the mainland.
- principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones; esp. (Engin.), a principal pipe leading to or from a reservoir; as, a fire main.
Meaning of 'main' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. main [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
Example in sentence:
- the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
2. main [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- of force; of the greatest possible intensity
- of force; of the greatest possible intensity
Example in sentence:
- by main strength
Meaning (3):
- most important element
- most important element
Example in sentence:
- a master switch;
- policemen were primary targets;
- the chief aim of living;
- the main doors were of solid glass;
- the master bedroom;
- the principal example;
- the principal rivers of America
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