mainstream

🇺🇸 /ˈmeɪnstriːm/ 🇬🇧 /ˈmeɪnstriːm/
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noun
R

The most common ideas and opinions that most people accept.

His ideas are not part of the mainstream.

adjective
C1

Normal and accepted by most people.

The mainstream media covers popular topics.

R

Education for children without special needs.

He attends a mainstream school.

verb
R

To make an idea accepted by most people.

They want to mainstream this new way of thinking.

R

To include children with special needs in regular classes.

The school plans to mainstream students with disabilities.

translation

n. The most common ideas and opinions that most people accept.
adj. Normal and accepted by most people.; Education for children without special needs.
v. To make an idea accepted by most people.; To include children with special needs in regular classes.

Word Forms

3rd Present mainstreams
Progressive mainstreaming
Past mainstreamed
Plural mainstreams

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