main

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

1. Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
2. Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
3. Full, sheer, undivided.
4. Big; angry.
5. Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
6. (obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.

Adv

Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.

Verb

1. (slang) Short for mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”).
2. To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
3. (obsolete) To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.

Noun

1. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
2. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
3. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
4. (informal) Short for main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
5. The high seas.
6. The mainland.
7. Short for mainsail.
8. (obsolete) Force, power, strength, violent effort.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A hand or match in a game of dice.
2. (obsolete) The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
3. (obsolete) A stake played for at dice.
4. (obsolete) A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
5. A banker's shovel for coins.

Noun

A basket for gathering grapes.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/meɪn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mægen- (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main”).
The word is cognate with Old High German megīn (“strong, mighty”) (modern German Möge, Vermögen (“power, wealth”)), and also akin to Old English magan (“to be able to”). See also may.

Frasi

Her main areas of research are .

Le sue principali aree di ricerca sono.

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Perché altrimenti avrebbe detto al suo principale rivale di prepararsi per una corsa?

These two main fairs are the Bank Holidays of rural life .

Queste due fiere principali sono le vacanze in banca della vita rurale.

It features most of the main cast collectively playing musical instruments as a band .

Presenta la maggior parte del cast principale che suona collettivamente strumenti musicali come band.

The main religious annual celebrations are in September , after Michael Archangel .

Le principali celebrazioni annuali religiose sono a settembre, dopo Michael Arcangel.

This is the main reason why pesto recipes often differ from each other .

Questo è il motivo principale per cui le ricette di pesto spesso differiscono l'una dall'altra.

Active voice is used in a clause whose subject expresses the main verb's agent .

La voce attiva è usata in una clausola il cui soggetto esprime l'agente del verbo principale.

The main point of interest is the Romanesque abbey church of " San Michele Arcangelo".

Il principale punto di interesse è la chiesa Abbey romanica di "San Michele Arcangelo".