Значення

значень: 13
  1. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.

  2. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.

    The primary character that one plays in a video game in which one can play more than one character.

    My WoW main has reached level cap and I’m on my way getting my first alt there as well.

  3. (інтернет)A main account.

    His main got banned after his last post.

  4. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.

    There's a gas leak in the main outside the building.

    Hauptleitung

  5. (поетичне)The high seas.

  6. A banker's shovel for coins.

  7. (США, архаїчне, діалектне)The mainland.

  8. (застаріле)Force, power, strength, violent effort.

  9. (застаріле)A hand or match in a game of dice.

  10. (застаріле)The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.

  11. (застаріле)A stake played for at dice.

  12. (застаріле)A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.

Ще визначення
  • a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
  • any very large body of (salt) water

Приклади

речень: 936
  1. What is the main purpose of this plan?

    Яка основна мета цього плану?

  2. That's our main goal.

    Це наша основна мета.

    ruЭто наша основная цель.

  3. What's your main goal?

    Яка твоя основна мета?

  4. This is our main goal.

    Це наша основна мета.

    ruЭто наша главная цель.

    deDas ist unser Hauptziel.

  5. This is our main objective.

    Це наша основна мета.

    ruЭто наша главная цель.

    deDies ist unser Hauptziel.

Deutsch
За значеннями 1
large pipe or cable:

Походження

From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæine, mæȝen, from Old English mæġen (“strength”),

From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæine, mæȝen, from Old English mæġen (“strength”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą (“strength, power, might”), *maginaz (“strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“be able”).

Uncertain; probably from the adjective main. Evidence is lacking for a derivation from French main (“hand”).

Uncertain, possibly from French main (“hand”).

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Форми

множина: mains
Однинаmain
Множинаmains

правильне

Синоніми

синонімів: 1
Близькі за значенням
  • any very large body of (salt) water:briny

Антоніми

антонімів: 1

Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 30

Сполучуваність

шаблонів: 12
  • the main reason
  • main reason
  • isn't the main
  • main reason why
  • main reason that
  • not the main
  • the main gate
  • main gate
  • of the main
  • main problem is
  • main problem
  • main course

Дивіться також

сусідні слова
main — значення, приклади, форми, синоніми | Krumeto