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Meaning of Mainstream | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
meɪn.stɹiːm

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الإتجاه العام
Azərbaycanca başaxın
Bosanski matica матица
Čeština mainstreamový
Deutsch etabliert Hauptrichtung konventionell Mainstream Mainstream-
Esperanto ĉefstila
Español aceptado comercial común y corriente convencional corriente dominante corriente y moliente cotidiano cuotidiano de corriente dominante establecido establido (disused) famoso hegemónico lo común y corriente lo corriente y moliente normal popular predominante preestablecido típico
Suomi valta- valtavirta valtavirtaus
Français Commercial conventionnel mainstream mainstream
Gaeilge lárshrutha príomhshrutha
Galego convencional
हिन्दी मुख्यधारा
Hrvatski matica матица
Magyar irányadó meghatározó
Bahasa Indonesia arus utama
Italiano comune conformista convenzionale corrente flusso mediatico predominante mainstream prestabilito tradizionale virale
日本語 主流
ქართული გავრცელებული მეინსტრიმული
Kurdî normal popûlar
മലയാളം മുഖ്യധാര
Polski mainstream mainstreamowy
Português convencional
Русский магистральный мейнстрим мейнстри́мный мейнстри́мовый основно́е направле́ние основной
Српски matica матица
Українська мейнстрим
Tiếng Việt chính thống

Examples

“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.””
“Long content with being the BMW of the computer industry, suppying finely crafted machines to a relatively small number of fanatic customers, Apple now wants to become a Ford or Toyota, to move into the mainstream.”
“"Railways seldom slavishly followed styles to be seen in the mainstream of contemporary architecture," HE [Historic England] explains.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

mainstream consciousness mainstreamer mainstreaming mainstreamism mainstreamist mainstreamization

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