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This change should equalize a lot of the location differences, which is the main issue.

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Quick take

any very large body of (salt) water

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of main gathered in one view.

noun

any very large body of (salt) water

noun

a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

adjective

most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for main.

noun

any very large body of (salt) water

noun

a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

adjective

(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"

adjective

of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength"

Example sentences

This change should equalize a lot of the location differences, which is the main issue.

One of the main reasons I left the industry was because I got tired of it being perpetual amateur hour.

I have a lot of things to do with the number of years of life I have remaining, and I can't afford to cut 20% off the number of years in my life.

The modest amount paid is well worth it just to be alerted to the main issues and pitfalls involved in setting up an entity.

On some, it can take full control of the main computer, through shared memory, and can thus override or replace whatever free software you have installed.

I can see where that is coming from, but the main factor that needs to be taken into account is the kind and scale of poverty that exists in India.

As the main developer of VLC, we know about this story since a long time, and this is just Dell putting crap components on their machine and blaming others.

No, compensation moves along with several different axes and programming ability isn't the main one.

Corporations are not particularly hard or expensive to start, maintain, or dissolve - but you need to be at a stage of life where a thousand dollars here or there is not a major burden.

It will create a positive loop that encourages others to follow and interact with their main corporate account.- Respond before something is actually important.

Indeed, GoT-broadcast-to-top-of-TPB time is counted in a couple of hours; so why do they try to push those technologies still?The answer is probably because the main goal of DRM is to control distribution channels, not copy-prevention.