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- Dictionarymainstream/ˈmeɪnstriːm/
noun
- 1. the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people and regarded as normal or conventional: "they withdrew from the mainstream of European politics"
adjective
- 1. belonging to or characteristic of the mainstream: "mainstream pop music"
verb
- 1. start to treat or regard (something) as being mainstream: "vegetarianism has been mainstreamed"
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MAINSTREAM definition: 1. considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by most people…. Learn more.
verb. main· stream ˈmān-ˈstrēm. mainstreamed; mainstreaming; mainstreams. transitive verb. 1. : to place (a student, such as a disabled child) in regular school classes. 2. : to incorporate in the mainstream. Examples of mainstream in a Sentence. Verb The poor should be mainstreamed into the private health-insurance system.
Mainstream definition: the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend. See examples of MAINSTREAM used in a sentence.
1. the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend. 2. a river having tributaries. adj. 3. belonging to or characteristic of a principal or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc. v.t. 4. to send into the mainstream. 5. to place in regular school classes: to mainstream handicapped children. [1660–1670]
adjective. us / ˈmeɪn.striːm / uk / ˈmeɪn.striːm / Add to word list. C2. considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by most people: This is the director's first mainstream Hollywood film. education specialized.
mainstream. People, activities, or ideas that are part of the mainstream are regarded as the most typical, normal, and conventional because they belong to the same group or system as most others of their kind. ...people outside the economic mainstream.
Something that's mainstream is conventional, or the usual way of doing things. If you're talking about the mainstream in fashion, you mean the ordinary clothes that most people wear and which is found in all the malls — nothing too weird or outlandish.
the ideas and opinions that are thought to be normal because they are shared by most people; the people whose ideas and opinions are most accepted. His radical views place him outside the mainstream of American politics.
Definition of mainstream verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the word mainstream mean? There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the word mainstream. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. mainstream has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. oceanography (late 1500s) tobacco (1940s) jazz (1950s) education (1970s) See meaning & use.
