Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Dictionary
    mainstream
    /ˈmeɪnstriːm/

    noun

    • 1. the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people and regarded as normal or conventional: "they withdrew from the mainstream of European politics"

    adjective

    • 1. belonging to or characteristic of the mainstream: "mainstream pop music"

    verb

    • 1. start to treat or regard (something) as being mainstream: "vegetarianism has been mainstreamed"

    More definitions, origin and scrabble points

  2. considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by most people: This is the director's first mainstream Hollywood film. education specialized. used to refer to education for children who can be taught in the same way as most other children, or to people, schools, etc. connected with this type of education:

  3. The meaning of MAINSTREAM is a prevailing current or direction of activity or influence. How to use mainstream in a sentence.

  4. Mainstream definition: the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend. See examples of MAINSTREAM used in a sentence.

  5. People, activities, or ideas that are part of the mainstream are regarded as the most typical, normal, and conventional because they belong to the same group or system as most others of their kind. ...people outside the economic mainstream.

  6. Nov 1, 2016 · n. 1. the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend. 2. a river having tributaries. adj. 3. belonging to or characteristic of a principal or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc. v.t. 4. to send into the mainstream. 5. to place in regular school classes: to mainstream handicapped children. [1660–1670]

  7. Something that's mainstream is conventional, or the usual way of doing things. If you're talking about the mainstream in fashion, you mean the ordinary clothes that most people wear and which is found in all the malls — nothing too weird or outlandish.

  8. the ideas and opinions that are thought to be normal because they are shared by most people; the people whose ideas and opinions are most accepted. His radical views place him outside the mainstream of American politics.

  9. MAINSTREAM definition: the beliefs or way of living accepted by most people: . Learn more.

  10. Jun 2, 2024 · mainstream (comparative more mainstream, superlative most mainstream) 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.

  11. Definitions of 'mainstream'. 1. People, activities, or ideas that are part of the mainstream are regarded as the most typical, normal, and conventional because they belong to the same group or system as most others of their kind. [...]