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/meɪn/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters

  1. adjective

    most important element

    the chief aim of living

  2. noun

    any very large body of (salt) water

  3. noun

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

  4. 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

  5. adjective

    of force; of the greatest possible intensity

    by main strength

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