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adjective

1.
(not comparable)Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
The main office is actually one of the smaller rooms.
2.
(not comparable)Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
main timbers
main branch of a river
main body of an army
Đồng nghĩa: largest
3.
(archaic, not comparable, usually)(archaic, of force, strength, etc.) Full, sheer, undivided.
4.
(dialectal, not comparable)Big; angry.
5.
(not comparable)(nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
6.
(not comparable, obsolete)Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

more main

Superlative

most main

1.
(British, dialectal)Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

mains

V_ing/Gerund

maining

V_ed/pp

mained

1.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, slang, transitive)Ellipsis of mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”).
2.
(transitive)(transitive, gaming) To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
He mains the same character as me in that game.
What race do you main and what is your favourite race to beat?
For new players, I recommend maining the dagger and using the axe as a backup weapon.
3.
(obsolete)To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

mains

1.
(not in generic modern use) That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
2.
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.
3.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, informal)Ellipsis of main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
I had scampi and chips for my main and a slice of cheesecake for dessert.
4.
(poetic)(now poetic) The high seas.
5.
(US, archaic, dialectal)(now archaic, US dialectal) The mainland.
6.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)(nautical) Ellipsis of mainsail.
7.
(obsolete)(obsolete, except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort.
8.
(obsolete)(obsolete, gaming) A hand or match in a game of dice.
1876, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round That no minute might be wasted, the gay gallants of the time generally had a dice-box and a cast of dice in their pockets. This was convenient in the extreme, as, in the intervals of racing, a main could be thrown […]
9.
(obsolete)(obsolete, gaming) 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.
10.
(obsolete)(obsolete, gaming) A stake played for at dice.
11.
(obsolete)(obsolete, gaming, sports) A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
12.
A banker's shovel for coins.

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Đồng nghĩa

largest

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mæġen (strong, main, principal) used in combination and Old Norse megn, megenn (strong, main).