mainstream

¹main·stream

noun \ˈmān-ˌstrēm\

Definition of MAINSTREAM

: a prevailing current or direction of activity or influence

— mainstream adjective

First Known Use of MAINSTREAM

1599

Rhymes with MAINSTREAM

abeam, agleam, airstream, berseem, beseem, bireme, blaspheme, bloodstream, centime, coal seam, cold cream, crossbeam, daydream, downstream, dream team, drill team, egg cream, esteem, extreme, French seam, grapheme, Gulf Stream, hakim, headstream, high beam, hornbeam, I beam, ice cream, inseam, jet stream, kilim, lexeme, live steam, low beam, midstream, millime, millstream, moonbeam, morpheme, onstream, phoneme, pipe dream, redeem, regime, rhyme scheme, sealed-beam, sememe, sidestream, slipstream, sour cream, sunbeam, supreme, tag team, Tarim, third-stream, toneme, trireme, unseam, upstream, warp beam, wet dream

²main·stream

transitive verb \ˈmān-ˈstrēm\

Definition of MAINSTREAM

1

: to place (as a disabled child) in regular school classes

2

: to incorporate in the mainstream

Examples of MAINSTREAM

1. The poor should be mainstreamed into the private health-insurance system.
2. Ideas that were once controversial have now become mainstreamed.

First Known Use of MAINSTREAM

1973

Other Education Terms

baccalaureate, colloquium, corequisite, dissertation, monograph, pedant, practicum, survey course, thesis

main·stream

adjective \ˌmān-ˌstrēm\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of MAINSTREAM

: relating to or being tobacco smoke that is drawn (as from a cigarette) directly into the mouth of the smoker and is usually inhaled into the lungs—compare sidestream