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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
main
/meɪn/
adjective1 of 2
most important; most often used
- “That's not the main reason I need to do that.”Tatoeba
- “The main thing is to keep a sense of proportion.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
adverb2 of 2
Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)