mainstream
To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstreamTo popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
» Tom doesn't listen to mainstream music.
Tom hört nicht die Musik, die alle hören.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
(intransitive)To become mainstream.
(US, transitive)To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.
Examples
25 sentencesTom doesn't listen to mainstream music.
deTom hört nicht die Musik, die alle hören.
This author is critical of the mainstream media.
ruЭтот автор критикует популярные СМИ.
deDieser Autor kritisiert die Mainstreammedien.
The mainstream media would never talk about this.
Listening to mainstream music was not a good idea.
I used to like him, but now he's too mainstream.
deIch mochte ihn mal; jetzt schwimmt er mir aber zu sehr mit dem Strom.
Origin
From main + stream. Cognate with Icelandic meginstraumur (“a main current, mainstream”).From main + stream. Cognate with Icelandic meginstraumur (“a main current, mainstream”).
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Forms
mainstreams, mainstreaming, mainstreamed, mainstreamed| Base form | mainstream · to mainstream |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | mainstreams |
| Present participle | mainstreaming |
| Past simple | mainstreamed |
| Past participle | mainstreamed |
regular · Lesson
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle