mainstream
/ˈmeɪn.stɹim/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.
noun
The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air
verb
To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.
American usage; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "They often carry stories you won't find in the mainstream media."
- "As unsubstantiated claims receive significant backing, skeptics and defenders of mainstream science enter the fray."
- "The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network."
- "If Ms. Le Pen looks more mainstream now, it’s because the mainstream looks more like her."
- "ideas outside of the mainstream"
- "George Herbert Walker Bush of Phillips Andover Academy and Yale University proclaimed in the first Presidential candidates' debate that he was “in touch with the mainstream of America.”"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmeɪn.stɹim/
- British English: /ˈmeɪn.stɹiːm/
Usage
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb
- American usage
Inflected Forms
more mainstream (comparative)
most mainstream (superlative)
mainstreams (plural)
mainstreams (present, singular)
mainstreaming (participle, present)
mainstreamed (participle, past)
mainstreamed (past)