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main (chief, most important, or principal in extent, etc.) adjective [UK: meɪn] [US: ˈmeɪn] | belangrijkstebijvoeglijk naamwoord hoofd-bijvoeglijk naamwoord voornaamstebijvoeglijk naamwoord |
main building (most important building of a group of buildings (e.g. in a school/university)) noun [UK: meɪn ˈbɪld.ɪŋ] [US: ˈmeɪn ˈbɪld.ɪŋ] | hoofdgebouwsubstantief |
main clause (grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically) noun [UK: meɪn klɔːz] [US: ˈmeɪn ˈklɒz] | hoofdzinsubstantief |
main course (main dish of a meal) noun [UK: meɪn kɔːs] [US: ˈmeɪn ˈkɔːrs] | hoofdgerechtsubstantief |
main road (major road in a town, village etc.) noun [UK: meɪn rəʊd] [US: ˈmeɪn roʊd] | hoofdwegsubstantief |
main verb (verb in a clause with the highest semantic content) noun | hoofdwerkwoordsubstantief |
mainland (the main landmass of a country or continent) noun [UK: ˈmeɪn.lænd] [US: ˈmeɪn.ˌlænd] | vastelandsubstantief |
mainland China (Communist China understood via its geographical position) proper noun [UK: ˈmeɪn.lænd ˈtʃaɪ.nə] [US: ˈmeɪn.ˌlænd ˈtʃaɪ.nə] | Chinese vastelandeigennam continentaal Chinaeigennam |
mainly (chiefly; for the most part) adverb [UK: ˈmeɪn.li] [US: ˈmeɪn.li] | voornamelijkbijwoord |
mainmast noun [UK: ˈmeɪn.mɑːst] [US: ˈmeɪn.mæst] | grote mastsubstantief |
mainstay [mainstays] (chief support) noun [UK: ˈmeɪn.steɪ] [US: ˈmeɪn.ˌste] | hoofdpijlersubstantief steunpilaarsubstantief |
mainstay [mainstays] (nautical: stabilizing rope) noun [UK: ˈmeɪn.steɪ] [US: ˈmeɪn.ˌste] | grootstagsubstantief |
maintain [maintained, maintaining, maintains] (to keep up) verb [UK: meɪn.ˈteɪn] [US: men.ˈteɪn] | handhavenwerkwoord |
maintenance (keeping a machine or system in service) noun [UK: ˈmeɪn.tə.nəns] [US: ˈmeɪn.tə.nəns] | handhavingsubstantief onderhoudsubstantief |
Mainz (the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate) proper noun [UK: meɪnts] [US: ˈmeɪnz] | Mainzeigennam |
domain [domains] (geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization) noun [UK: dəʊ.ˈmeɪn] [US: doʊ.ˈmeɪn] | domeinsubstantief |
domain name (unique name) noun | domeinsubstantief domeinnaamsubstantief |
eminent domain (government's right to expropriate private land) noun [UK: ˈe.mɪ.nənt dəʊ.ˈmeɪn] [US: ˈe.mə.nənt doʊ.ˈmeɪn] | onteigeningsubstantief |
eminent domain (lord's property interest in a fief or fee) noun [UK: ˈe.mɪ.nənt dəʊ.ˈmeɪn] [US: ˈe.mə.nənt doʊ.ˈmeɪn] | oppereigendomsubstantief |
public domain (realm of intellectual property which is not or no longer protected by copyrights or patents) noun [UK: ˈpʌ.blɪk dəʊ.ˈmeɪn] [US: ˈpʌ.blɪk doʊ.ˈmeɪn] | publiek domeinsubstantief |
remain [remained, remaining, remains] (to continue unchanged) verb [UK: rɪ.ˈmeɪn] [US: rə.ˈmeɪn] | resterenwerkwoord |
remain [remained, remaining, remains] (to stay behind while others withdraw) verb [UK: rɪ.ˈmeɪn] [US: rə.ˈmeɪn] | achterblijvenwerkwoord blijvenwerkwoord |
remain to be seen (be as yet unknown) verb | valt nog af te wachtenwerkwoord |
remainder [remaindered, remaindering, remainders] (commerce) verb [UK: rɪ.ˈmeɪn.də(r)] [US: rə.ˈmeɪn.dər] | opruimenwerkwoord uitverkopenwerkwoord |
remainder [remainders] (items left unsold and subject to reduction in price) noun [UK: rɪ.ˈmeɪn.də(r)] [US: rə.ˈmeɪn.dər] | onverkochte voorrraadsubstantief overstocksubstantief overtollige voorrraadsubstantief |
remainder (remaining) adjective [UK: rɪ.ˈmeɪn.də(r)] [US: rə.ˈmeɪn.dər] | overblijvendbijvoeglijk naamwoord resterendbijvoeglijk naamwoord |
remainder [remainders] (what remains after some has been removed) noun [UK: rɪ.ˈmeɪn.də(r)] [US: rə.ˈmeɪn.dər] | overblijfselsubstantief overschotsubstantief restsubstantief |