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When you describe something as main, you mean it's the most important, well-known, or biggest of its kind. The main branch of the post office in a city is usually the largest and busiest.
The main theme of your English paper is your thesis, the basic, fundamental thing you're trying to express in your writing. The main road in town is the most busy and populated — in fact, in many places this road is called "Main Street." This adjective describes things that stand out as the most important or prominent in their category. In the thirteenth century, it meant "large or strong," and came from the Old English mægen, "power, strength, or force."
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most important element
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(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
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synonyms:
independent
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Antonyms:
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dependent, subordinate
(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
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dependent, subordinate
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of force; of the greatest possible intensity“by main strength”
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Synonyms:
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intense
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
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intense
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a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
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electric main
a main that distributes electricity
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gas main
a main that distributes gas
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sewer line, sewer main
a main in a sewage system
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water main
main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water
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any very large body of (salt) water
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synonyms:
briny
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type of:
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body of water, water
the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
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body of water, water
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