English dictionary
main
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
adjective
- most important element
adjective
- of force; of the greatest possible intensity
noun
- a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
noun
- any very large body of (salt) water
Example sentences
the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
the chief aim of living
the main doors were of solid glass
the principal rivers of America
the principal example
policemen were primary targets
by main strength