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How to pronounce “main”

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Pronunciation guide for main

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of main with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Failure by DesignAnd one of the main reasons FOIA is broken
Definition summary: Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal. [from 15th c.]

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Failure by Design

And one of the main reasons FOIA is broken

[Adjective]
Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal. [from 15th c.]
Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
(archaic, of force, strength, etc.) Full, sheer, undivided. [from 16th c.]
(dialectal) Big; angry.
(nautical) Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
(obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.
[Adverb]
(British, dialectal) Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.
[Verb]
(transitive, slang) Ellipsis of mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”).
(transitive, gaming) To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
(obsolete) To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.
[Noun]
(not in generic modern use) That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main. [from 17th c.]
(informal) Ellipsis of main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
(now poetic) The high seas. [from 16th c.]
(now archaic, US dialectal) The mainland. [from 16th c.]
(nautical) Ellipsis of mainsail. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete, except in might and main) Force, power, strength, violent effort. [from 9th c.]