How to pronounce main
Listen to main in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“main” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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But it said the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Census Bureau · watch from 63:12 · hear it here
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What is the main challenge for the main character?
NSF · watch from 19:02 · hear it here
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one of the main the and partnership is one of the main themes that e main
Dept of Justice · watch from 30:39 · hear it here
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the main point. The main point I think is the
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 52:32 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of main. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.