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The idea that our mental life is affected by hidden causes is a mainstay of psychology.
Gary Wolf

Meaning of "mainstay" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAINSTAY

mainstay  [ˈmeɪnˌsteɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAINSTAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mainstay is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAINSTAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mainstay

Mainstay is a Christian rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band was formed in 2003 and is signed to BEC Recordings. While a lot of the band's music has decidedly Christian lyrics and messages, their music appeals to a large secular fanbase as well. Their music style has been compared to Copeland, Kutless, Sanctus Real, Lifehouse and The Goo Goo Dolls. Their debut album, Well Meaning Fiction, was released on February 21, 2006.

Definition of mainstay in the English dictionary

The definition of mainstay in the dictionary is the forestay that braces the mainmast. Other definition of mainstay is a chief support.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAINSTAY


backstay
ˈbækˌsteɪ
bobstay
ˈbɒbˌsteɪ
forestay
ˈfɔːˌsteɪ
headstay
ˈhɛdˌsteɪ
homestay
ˈhəʊmˌsteɪ
jackstay
ˈdʒækˌsteɪ
outstay
ˌaʊtˈsteɪ
overstay
ˌəʊvəˈsteɪ
short-stay
ˈʃɔːtˌsteɪ
stay
steɪ
stey
steɪ
Timor-Leste
ˈtiːmɔˈlɛsteɪ
upstay
ʌpˈsteɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAINSTAY

mainprise
mains
mains electricity
mains gas
mains set
mains supply
mains water
mainsail
mainsheet
mainspring
mainstream
mainstream corporation tax
mainstreaming
mainstreeting
maintain
maintainability
maintainable
maintained school
maintainer
maintenance

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAINSTAY

anyway
away
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bay
be that as it may
birthday
Blu-ray
Conway
day
display
dittay
everyday
Friday
from day to day
gay
gray
hay
in a way
overnight stay
satay

Synonyms and antonyms of mainstay in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MAINSTAY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «mainstay» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of mainstay

Translation of «mainstay» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAINSTAY

Find out the translation of mainstay to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mainstay from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mainstay» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

基本
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pilar
570 millions of speakers

English

mainstay
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुख्य आधार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدعامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опорой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esteio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রধান অবলম্বন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pilier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mainan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hauptbestandteil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

基本
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mainstay
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trụ cột
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முக்கிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुख्य आधार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dayanak noktası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sostegno principale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ostoją
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

опорою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sprijin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στυλοβάτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

staatmaker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mainstay
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bærebjelke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mainstay

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAINSTAY»

The term «mainstay» is quite widely used and occupies the 35.834 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAINSTAY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mainstay

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4 QUOTES WITH «MAINSTAY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mainstay.
1
Whitfield Diffie
I understood the importance in principle of public key cryptography but it's all moved much faster than I expected. I did not expect it to be a mainstay of advanced communications technology.
2
Matthew Nable
By the time I was 23 or 24 and had written the first manuscript of 'The Final Winter', I knew I wanted to make it a career but didn't know how. It took me a long time to grow into myself, but when my love of writing returned, it did so with an enormous amount of venom. It is now a mainstay in my life.
3
Nikola Tesla
If we want to reduce poverty and misery, if we want to give to every deserving individual what is needed for a safe existence of an intelligent being, we want to provide more machinery, more power. Power is our mainstay, the primary source of our many-sided energies.
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Gary Wolf
The idea that our mental life is affected by hidden causes is a mainstay of psychology.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAINSTAY»

Discover the use of mainstay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mainstay and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Orphan Drug Law Matures into Medical Mainstay
Orphan. Drug. Law. Matures. into. Medical. Mainstay. by John Henkel Deborah Kaback noticed the turnaround in her son. Matthew, right away. After spending his first five years of life fighting fatigue, crippling lung congestion, and other ...
2
The International Encyclopedia of Mutual Funds, Closed-end ...
... MainStay Blue Chip Growth A, 62-63 MainStay CA Tax-Free A, 210-21 1 MainStay Capital Appreciation B, 62-63 MainStay Equity Income A, 130-131 MainStay Equity Index A, 122-123 MainStay Global High Yield A, 230-231 MainStay ...
Peter Madlem, Thomas K. Sykes, 2000
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New York Magazine
bling club, which has been restored with zest and authenticity by owners Tom and Sue Carroll. The Mainstay is Italianate, with a prominent cupola. (Vertigo-free guests can climb up to the rooftop for a sea view.) To see and be seen is the point  ...
4
Natural Resources and Economic Development
Now, however, we want to deviate from the previous version of the model and introduce a mainstay sector that is fully linked with resource exploitation in the frontier sector. To sharpen the analysis, we link the sectors in the following simplified ...
Edward B. Barbier, 2007
5
The smugglers
Mainstay observed his track, and running rapidly, to where his coat remained upon the buttress, drew a sword, and pistols, from its folds, and followed instantly. A trap-door, half concealed among some briars, having in the hurry been but ...
Francis Higginson (lt.), 1843
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Soil survey
Mainstay Series The Mainstay series consists of shallow, well- drained, noncalcareous cobbly soils that are underlain by igneous bedrock. These soils formed in loamy material that accumulated in stony rubble. They are on mountainsides.
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1977
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Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Get to know the Main Stay® Capital Appreciation Fund Get to know what our Fund managers search for Anticipated earnings growth— a characteristic our Fund managers seek when selecting companies for the MainStay Capital Appreciation ...
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Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Get to know the Main Stay0 Capital App red atiTM Cl1"^ Get to know what our Fund managers search for Anticipated earnings growth— a characteristic our Fund managers seek when selecting companies for the MainStay Capital Appreciation ...
9
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Mainstay patrolled the Provence coast until 25 October ; thence, after overhaul at Bizerte, Tunisia, she swept for enemy mines off Cagliari, Sardinia, and Palermo, Sicily. From 3 to 22 March 1045 she helped to salvage Swerve (AM-121), sunk ...
James L. Mooney, 1970
10
InfoWorld
SUPPORT POLICIES Mainstay offers unlimited free support via a toll line weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time. Support is also available via fax, CompuServe, America Online, and AppleLink. Custom corporate support plans can be ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAINSTAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mainstay is used in the context of the following news items.
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Algonquin Mainstay Will Make 54 Below Debut This Fall - Playbill.com
Cabaret favorite Andrea Marcovicci, who was a mainstay at the now-closed Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room for more than two decades, will make her debut at ... «Playbill.com, Jul 15»
2
Peterborough: For 45 years, a mainstay downtown | Ledger Transcript
For 45 years, a mainstay downtown. Roys' windows to the downtown world. Dwight Jarest surveying the produce at Roy's Market. «Monadnock Ledger Transcript, Jul 15»
3
Thriving coffee shop a local mainstay
Jovita Chase, owner of the Brownsville Coffee Shop No. 2, holds a flour tortilla above a plate of carne guisada on July 1 in Brownsville. «Brownsville Herald, Jul 15»
4
China still mainstay of global economy
China is still the mainstay of global growth and its economy is more than capable of achieving the annual growth target of around 7 percent ... «ecns, Jul 15»
5
Three to see: Punk mainstay, pop pop-up and a jazzy duo
Three to see: Punk mainstay, pop pop-up and a jazzy duo. The Ataris look back in Blue Lamp show. Social Studies comes to Davis from Bay ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
6
Two new US patents for Mainstay Medical
Mainstay's ReActiv8 approach uses electrical stimulation to elicit repetitive contractions of the key stabilising muscles of the lumbar spine to ... «Businessandleadership.com, Jul 15»
7
MainStay Suites St. Robert - Fort Leonard Wood of St. Robert …
ROCKVILLE, Md., July 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The MainStay Suites ... the MainStay Suites brand from Choice Hotels International, Inc. CHH, ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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10 Comics to Watch: Joe's Pub Mainstay Bridget Everett Strays Into …
Kansas native Bridget Everett, who describes her style as “punk-rock cabaret, last-call-getting-to-know-you,” says she “stumbled” into comedy. «Variety, Jul 15»
9
Downtown Fargo mainstay Metro Drug closes doors
FARGO – Three days before downtown Fargo's biggest event of the year, one of its oldest businesses closed its doors for good. Metro Drug. «INFORUM, Jul 15»
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Mainstay Medical Announces Two Additional US Patents Issued
Mainstay continues to add to its portfolio of issued patents and pending applications. Most people with CLBP have exhausted conventional ... «Yahoo Finance UK, Jul 15»

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