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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
{n}

main clause (grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically)
noun
[UK: meɪn klɔːz]
[US: ˈmeɪn ˈklɒz]

hoofdzinsubstantief
{m}

main course (main dish of a meal)
noun
[UK: meɪn kɔːs]
[US: ˈmeɪn ˈkɔːrs]

hoofdgerechtsubstantief
{n}

main road (major road in a town, village etc.)
noun
[UK: meɪn rəʊd]
[US: ˈmeɪn roʊd]

hoofdwegsubstantief
{m}

main verb (verb in a clause with the highest semantic content)
noun

hoofdwerkwoordsubstantief
{n}

mainland (the main landmass of a country or continent)
noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.lænd]
[US: ˈmeɪn.ˌlænd]

vastelandsubstantief
{n}

mainland China (Communist China understood via its geographical position)
proper noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.lænd ˈtʃaɪ.nə]
[US: ˈmeɪn.ˌlænd ˈtʃaɪ.nə]

Chinese vastelandeigennam
{n}

continentaal Chinaeigennam
{n}

mainly (chiefly; for the most part)
adverb
[UK: ˈmeɪn.li]
[US: ˈmeɪn.li]

voornamelijkbijwoord

mainmast noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.mɑːst]
[US: ˈmeɪn.mæst]

grote mastsubstantief
{m}

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
{n}

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
{f}

onderhoudsubstantief
{n}

Mainz (the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate)
proper noun
[UK: meɪnts]
[US: ˈmeɪnz]

Mainzeigennam
{n}

domain [domains] (geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization)
noun
[UK: dəʊ.ˈmeɪn]
[US: doʊ.ˈmeɪn]

domeinsubstantief
{n}

domain name (unique name)
noun

domeinsubstantief
{n}

domeinnaamsubstantief
{m}

eminent domain (government's right to expropriate private land)
noun
[UK: ˈe.mɪ.nənt dəʊ.ˈmeɪn]
[US: ˈe.mə.nənt doʊ.ˈmeɪn]

onteigeningsubstantief
{f}

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
{n}

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
{m}

overstocksubstantief
{m}

overtollige voorrraadsubstantief
{m}

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
{n}

overschotsubstantief
{n}

restsubstantief
{m}

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