Used in a Sentence

mainstream

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for mainstream.

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If your username is indicates your position, your beliefs are outside of the mainstream and your definition of property is outside of the mainstream.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech3

Quick take

The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air

adjective

Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.

noun

(usually with the) That which is common; the norm.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mainstream.

noun

The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air

adjective

Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.

noun

(usually with the) That which is common; the norm.

verb

(transitive) To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.

Example sentences

1

If your username is indicates your position, your beliefs are outside of the mainstream and your definition of property is outside of the mainstream.

2

I'm sure the reasoning you describe exists, but it wasn't a very mainstream view.

3

Who cares about wearing nailpolish when you'll be ostracized for having political opinions which anywhere else would be perfectly mainstream?

4

And approaches to each instrument, to avoid injury, have become a pretty mainstream part of teaching.

5

There is very little mainstream media that focuses on business with the quality of the WSJ.

6

It was never standardized and is in no TLS implementation currently shipping, nor was it ever enabled in any mainstream implementation.

7

Going mainstream implies major changes, which are not technological, but still exclude many players because big corporate players bring immense business differences.

8

You could wrap a UI around it in the browser, or use it server-side with any mainstream programming language that supports websockets.

9

The internet becomes more mainstream and the more average person begins to engage.

10

If they don't accept these ridiculous deals, how do they achieve the mainstream recognition required to be able to live off their craft?

11

What happens when the Mars One backlash and disappointment hits the mainstream?

12

All this stuff is pretty old-hat to game dev people bit it's nice to see mainstream dev start caring a bit more about performance.

Quote examples

1

The systematic exclusion of groups from the mainstream creates extra-legal behaviors (or "culture", as you say) to make ends meet.

2

The most limiting factor for "mainstream computing" is crapware / ads / shifting UX.

3

While I'm not aware of any polls on the subject I would guess that your concept of property is what is "outside of the mainstream." >theft is not necessarily involved in the transfer of wealth from A to B and you have not established that theft is involved in this context Your wording here seems to indicate that you have a contradiction in your own view of property.

4

I'm not placing any kind of judgement on whether that is good or bad, but it is happening and our government deems it necessary to "educate" the public and we all very well know that the NYT, along with many other mainstream news sources, are little more than government propaganda channels.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use mainstream in a sentence?

If your username is indicates your position, your beliefs are outside of the mainstream and your definition of property is outside of the mainstream.

What does mainstream mean?

The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air

What part of speech is mainstream?

mainstream is commonly used as noun, adjective, verb.