main
That which is chief or principalThat which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
» What is the main purpose of this plan?
Яка основна мета цього плану?
Meaning
13 sensesThat which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
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.
(Internet)A main account.
His main got banned after his last post.
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
(poetic)The high seas.
A banker's shovel for coins.
(US, archaic, dialectal)The mainland.
(obsolete)Force, power, strength, violent effort.
(obsolete)A hand or match in a game of dice.
(obsolete)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.
(obsolete)A stake played for at dice.
(obsolete)A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
- a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
- any very large body of (salt) water
Examples
936 sentencesWhat is the main purpose of this plan?
Яка основна мета цього плану?
That's our main goal.
Це наша основна мета.
ruЭто наша основная цель.
What's your main goal?
Яка твоя основна мета?
This is our main goal.
Це наша основна мета.
ruЭто наша главная цель.
deDas ist unser Hauptziel.
This is our main objective.
Це наша основна мета.
ruЭто наша главная цель.
deDies ist unser Hauptziel.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
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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Forms
plural: mainsSynonyms
1 synonyms- any very large body of (salt) water:briny
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
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