main
Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
Example
“The main office is actually one of the smaller rooms.”
Other meanings
Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
“main timbers”
Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
Synonyms
- chief
- primary
- principal
- master
Example sentences
Word history
From Old Norse "megn".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “main” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.