main character
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandcharacter
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main
adjective[before noun]
uk/meɪn/us/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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character
noun
uk/ˈkær.ək.tər/us/ˈker.ək.tɚ/
the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different ...
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(Definition ofmainandcharacterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmain character
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Themaincharactercontinues to be the only character in the story, and hence remains in the foreground.
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I think it would be very encouraging to us if more television programmes have an older person as themaincharacter.
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Early re-introduction of themaincharacteroccurred in the third picture while late re-introduction in the fourth picture.
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In other passages of the story, however, one wonders whether the vocabulary and style can really be considered characteristic of themaincharacter.
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For the eight stereotypical stories, themaincharacteracted out an emotion that most people would be expected to feel in the situation.
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While the main characters in the former tend to be 'philosophers', themaincharacterin the latter is himself a poet.
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Given itsmaincharacter, it is also an easy read, both entertaining and disturbing.
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The minor character appears in the foreground while themaincharactermoves to the background of the picture.
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The language of themaincharacterbecomes in effect the language of narration and is the voice of the participating author.
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The house, which is purchased by the master at the outset of the film, can also be seen as amaincharacter.
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Themaincharacterfeatured in this commercial is an old lady in a rural area.
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So while crime does figure in the story, it is not themaincharacter.
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This painful process of the transformation of themaincharacterfrom intellectual neutrality and passivity towards active involvement reveals a very existentialist mode of thought.
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The illustration showed that none of the entities present would be able to help themaincharacter(all the hens in the picture were busy, in this case).
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Themaincharacterwas a senior member of a firm who was retiring with a pension.
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He decided at the last minute to take an entirely different reading of themaincharacter.
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Themaincharacterof the constituency is agricultural, the level of employment in agriculture being four times the national average.
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Cyto, themaincharacterof the game, has a gelationous envelope that deforms and stretches when player touches it.
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All the short stories have the same femalemaincharacterat different times of her life, except the last one, which is an autobiographical tale.
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He is also upset that he is no longer themaincharacter.
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