mainadjective [ before noun ]
uk/meɪn/us/meɪn/B1 larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the same type:
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- They dropped me off at the main entrance.
- Press Esc to return to the main menu.
- You'll be examined in three main areas; speaking, listening and reading comprehension.
- The main crops grown for export are coffee and rice.
- The opportunity to travel is one of the main attractions of this job.
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Very important or urgent
- all-important
- arch
- at all cost(s) idiom
- be a matter of life and/or death idiom
- burning
- chief
- considerable
- critical
- major league
- make the world go around/round idiom
- materially
- minor league
- mission-critical
- prized
- prominent
- radical
- sacred
- salient
- seriously
- substantial
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Idiom(s)
mainnoun
uk/meɪn/us/meɪn/main noun (PIPE)
[ C ] a large pipe that carries water or gas, or a wire carrying electricity, from one place to another, to which a house can be connected:
the system of pipes or wires that carry water or electricity into a house, or the pipes that carry sewage away from a house:
the place at which outside pipes or wires carrying water, electricity, etc. connect with the system inside a house or building:
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Building: plumbing & pipes & sewage
- ballcock
- bleed
- cesspit
- cistern
- conduit
- culvert
- leakage
- mixer tap
- overflow
- pipeline
- piping
- plughole
- plumb
- plunger
- siphon
- standpipe
- stopcock
- tubing
- U-bend
- washer
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main noun (MOSTLY)
generally or mostly:
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Importance - general words
- cornerstone
- focus
- grand
- gravitas
- importance
- magnitude
- meaningful
- momentous
- proportion
- seniority
- seriousness
- significance
- simple
- substance
- substantial
- supremacy
- transcendent
- value
- weight
- worth
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