mainstream
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.
Adjective 1 meaning
Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.
“They often carry stories you won't find in the mainstream media.”
Noun 2 meanings
The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air
That which is common; the norm.
“ideas outside of the mainstream”
Verb 3 meanings
To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
To become mainstream.
To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.
Etymology
From main + stream. Cognate with Icelandic meginstraumur (“a main current, mainstream”).
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MAINSTREAM at a glance
MAINSTREAM has 10 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (M 3 + A 1 + I 1 + N 1 + S 1 + T 1 + R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + M 3) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,526 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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