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The correct spelling is mainsprings.

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noun

Say it like: May-nsp-rin-gs

The correct spelling is mainsprings. The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling. For example: "My daughter is the mainspring of my life."

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My daughter is the mainspring of my life.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.The principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.
  2. 2.The most important reason for something (Cf. spring "origin of something" (literary) (often in the plural) the springs of her ambition).

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