MAINLINE


Meaning of MAINLINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ meɪnlaɪn ]

1.

A mainline railway is a major railway between two important places.

...the first mainline railway to be built in Britain for almost a hundred years...

...London’s mainline stations.

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

You can use mainline to describe people, ideas, and activities that belong to the most central, conventional, and normal part of a tradition, institution, or business.

We observe a striking shift away from a labor theory among all mainline economists...

= mainstream

ADJ : ADJ n

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