maining

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meyn]
- /meɪn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [meyn]
- /meɪn/

Definitions of maining word

adjective maining chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading: the company's main office; the main features of a plan. 1
adjective maining sheer; utmost, as strength or force: to lift a stone by main force. 1
adjective maining of or relating to a broad expanse: main sea. 1
adjective maining Grammar. syntactically independent; capable of use in isolation. Compare dependent (def 4), independent (def 14), main clause. 1
adjective maining Nautical. of or relating to a mainmast. noting or pertaining to a sail, yard, boom, etc., or to any rigging belonging to a mainmast. noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a mainmast: main topmast stay. 1
adjective maining Obsolete. having or exerting great strength or force; mighty. having momentous or important results; significant. 1

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Origin of maining

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; (noun) Middle English meyn, mayn strength, power, Old English mægen, cognate with Old Norse megin(n), megn strength; (adj.) Middle English mayn, partly < Old Norse megenn, megn strong, partly independent use of Old English mægen (noun) taken as an adj. in compounds, as in mægen-weorc, literally, work of might

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Parts of speech for Maining

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

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preposition

conjunction

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maining popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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