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mainstream

Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪn.stɹiːm/

The English word “mainstream” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.

noun

  1. The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air
  2. That which is common; the norm.

verb

  1. To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
  2. To become mainstream.
  3. To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.

Etymology

From main + stream. Cognate with Icelandic meginstraumur (“a main current, mainstream”).

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