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   main·stream

   /ˈmānˌstrēm/

   noun

   • 1. the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or the arts: "companies that are bringing computers to the mainstream of American life"
   • ▪ jazz that is neither traditional nor modern, based on the 1930s swing style and consisting especially of solo improvisation on chord sequences: "it was a form of jazz that had strayed away from the mainstream"

   adjective

   • 1. belonging to or characteristic of the mainstream: "mainstream pop music"
   • ▪ (of a school or class) for students without particular educational requirements arising from physical or intellectual disability or behavioral difficulties: "the state government has supported greater integration of students with disabilities into mainstream schools"

   verb

   • 1. start to treat or regard (something) as being mainstream: "vegetarianism has been mainstreamed"
   • ▪ place (a student with particular educational needs) into a mainstream class or school: "the goal is to have the child mainstreamed into a regular classroom"

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     MAINSTREAM meaning: 1. considered normal, and having or...

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   Mainstream definition: the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend. See examples of MAINSTREAM used in a sentence.

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   Something that's mainstream is conventional, or the usual way of doing things. If you're talking about the mainstream in fashion, you mean the ordinary clothes that most people wear and which is found in all the malls — nothing too weird or outlandish.

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   1. the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend. 2. a river having tributaries. adj. 3. belonging to or characteristic of a principal or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc. v.t. 4. to send into the mainstream. 5. to place in regular school classes: to mainstream handicapped children. [1660–1670]

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