mainstream

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Synonyms: main stream, airstream, mindstream, mainstreet, malestream, midstream, mainstreams, mainstem

Antonyms: main stream, airstream, mindstream, mainstreet, malestream, midstream, mainstreams, mainstem

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Adjective

1. Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.

Noun

1. The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air
2. {{lb|en|usually|with ''the''}} That which is [[common]]; the [[norm]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[popularize]], to [[normalize]], to render mainstream.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become mainstream.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|education|chiefly|US}} To educate (a [[disabled]] student) together with non-disabled students.

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