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- [meyn lahyn]
- /meɪn laɪn/
- /meɪn laɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [meyn lahyn]
- /meɪn laɪn/
Definitions of main line words
- noun main line a fashionable residential district west of Philadelphia. 1
- noun main line any fashionable district where socially prominent people live. 1
- noun main line principal road, railway line 1
- noun main line the trunk route between two points, usually fed by branch lines 0
- noun main line (as modifier) 0
- noun main line a main road 0
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Origin of main line
First appearance:
before 1835 One of the 34% newest English words
First recorded in 1835-45
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Main line
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
main line popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
main line usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for main line
noun main line
- society — an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- celebrity — A celebrity is someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
- aristocracy — The aristocracy is a class of people in some countries who have a high social rank and special titles.
- prime — of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration: a prime requisite.
- gentility — good breeding or refinement.
adj main line
- booming — perceived as too loud
- comfortable — If a piece of furniture or an item of clothing is comfortable, it makes you feel physically relaxed when you use it, for example because it is soft.
- well-to-do — prosperous; rich.
- well-heeled — well-off; rich.
- well-off — having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
Antonyms for main line
noun main line
- proletariat — common people, working class
- worst — in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
- commonality — Commonality is used to refer to a feature or purpose that is shared by two or more people or things.
- low-life — a despicable person, especially a degenerate or immoral person.
- ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
adj main line
- upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
- destitute — Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.
- needy — in a condition of need or want; poverty-stricken; impoverished; extremely poor; destitute.
- failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
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