mainstream
Use Mainstream in a sentence
noun
1.
the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture.
2.
a river having tributaries.
3.
regular school classes or regular schools: keeping autistic students in the mainstream.
adjective
4.
belonging to or characteristic of a principal, dominant, or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc.: mainstream Republicans; a mainstream artist; mainstream media.
5.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of jazz falling historically between Dixieland and modern jazz; specifically, swing music. Compare traditional ( def 4 ).
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verb (used with object)
6.
to send into the mainstream; cause to join the main force, group, etc.: to mainstream young people into the labor force.
7.
to place (students with disabilities) in regular school classes.
verb (used without object)
8.
to join or be placed in the mainstream.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. the main current (of a river, cultural trend, etc): in the mainstream of modern literature |
| b. (as modifier): mainstream politics | |
| —adj | |
| 2. | of or relating to the style of jazz that lies between the traditional and the modern |
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Cultural Dictionary
mainstream definition
The prevailing current or direction of a movement or influence: “The candidate's speech represented the mainstream thinking on economic policy.”
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Example sentences
Intelligent, imaginative and wise people chose to write in favor of mainstream ideas and practices.
But they have never been in the country's economic or political mainstream.
Moreover, my period of interest is pretty tangential to the movements in mainstream history.
And that's the thing about weather seeding: the split between mainstream scientists and the people who are doing it.
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