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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
This author is critical of the mainstream media.
ruЭтот автор критикует популярные СМИ. — Ooneykcall
deDieser Autor kritisiert die Mainstreammedien. — Waldelfe
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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 |
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Word family
17 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