[meyn-streem] 
| 1. | the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture. |
| 2. | a river having tributaries. |
| 3. | belonging to or characteristic of a principal, dominant, or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc.: mainstream Republicans; a mainstream artist. |
| 4. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of jazz falling historically between Dixieland and modern jazz; specifically, swing music. Compare traditional (def. 4). |
| 5. | to send into the mainstream; cause to join the main force, group, etc.: to mainstream young people into the labor force. |
| 6. | to place (handicapped students) in regular school classes. |
| 7. | to join or be placed in the mainstream. |
| main·stream (mān'strēm') n. The prevailing current of thought, influence, or activity: "You need not accept the nominee's ideology, only be able to locate it in the American mainstream" (Charles Krauthammer). adj. Representing the prevalent attitudes, values, and practices of a society or group: mainstream morality. tr.v. main·streamed, main·stream·ing, main·streams
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The prevailing current or direction of a movement or influence: “The candidate's speech represented the mainstream thinking on economic policy.”
