Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to main
Participle: mained
Gerund: maining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | main |
| you | main |
| he;she;it | mains |
| we | main |
| you | main |
| they | main |
Perfect
| I | have mained |
| you | have mained |
| he;she;it | has mained |
| we | have mained |
| you | have mained |
| they | have mained |
Past
| I | mained |
| you | mained |
| he;she;it | mained |
| we | mained |
| you | mained |
| they | mained |
Pluperfect
| I | had mained |
| you | had mained |
| he;she;it | had mained |
| we | had mained |
| you | had mained |
| they | had mained |
Future
| I | will main |
| you | will main |
| he;she;it | will main |
| we | will main |
| you | will main |
| they | will main |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mained |
| you | will have mained |
| he;she;it | will have mained |
| we | will have mained |
| you | will have mained |
| they | will have mained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | main |
| you | main |
| he;she;it | main |
| we | main |
| you | main |
| they | main |
Perfect
| I | have mained |
| you | have mained |
| he;she;it | have mained |
| we | have mained |
| you | have mained |
| they | have mained |
Imperfect
| I | mained |
| you | mained |
| he;she;it | mained |
| we | mained |
| you | mained |
| they | mained |
Pluperfect
| I | had mained |
| you | had mained |
| he;she;it | had mained |
| we | had mained |
| you | had mained |
| they | had mained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would main |
| you | would main |
| he;she;it | would main |
| we | would main |
| you | would main |
| they | would main |
Perfect
| I | would have mained |
| you | would have mained |
| he;she;it | would have mained |
| we | would have mained |
| you | would have mained |
| they | would have mained |
Imperative
| you | main |
| we | Let's main |
| you | main |
Verbs conjugated like 'main'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'main'
amain,
fain,
gain,
hain,
lain,
mail,
maim,
man,
min,
pain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mæġen (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main”).
2. The word is cognate with Old High German megīn (“strong, mighty”) (modern German Möge, Vermögen (“power, wealth”)), and also akin to Old English magan (“to be able to”). See also may. See: Old English '
magan'.
Verbs referencing "main"
Swedish
mejna.
Sample Sentences
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He mains the same character as me in that game.
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What race do you main and what is your favourite race to beat?
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For new players, I recommend maining the dagger and using the axe as a backup weapon.
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Now, full disclosure: I too main Soldier 76 in "Overwatch" (by the way, the term "maining" is parlance for the most-often used character you play in a given game). [2017 January 25, Dave Smith, “After Weeks of Bugging Him on Twitter, Elon Musk just Told Me His ‘Dark Secret’”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2017:]
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When a rural district council considers that a highway in its district ought to become a main road by reason of its being a medium of communication between great towns, or a thoroughfare to a railway station, or otherwise, it may apply to the county council for an order "maining" the road under s. 15 of the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 77), as amended by s. 3 (viii.) of the Local Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), and the county council may make an order accordingly. [1904, Arthur Underhill, Charles Otto Blagden, et al., editors, An Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents Other than Court Forms, volume 6, London: Butterworth, →OCLC:]
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The borough did not have an opportunity of conferring with the County Council, but the County Council requested particulars of district roads in the borough which the Council suggested should be mained. [1927, The Municipal Journal and Public Works Engineer, volume XXXVI, London: Municipal Journal, →OCLC:]