major
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/ˈmeɪ.dʒə(ɹ)/
English
Definitions
noun
- A military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel.“He used to be a major in the army.”
noun
- The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.“Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.”
- A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.“She is a math major.”
- A person of legal age.
- The major premise.
verb
- To concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university“I have decided to major in mathematics.”
adjective
- Of great significance or importance.
- Greater in number, quantity, or extent“the major part of the assembly”
- Of full legal age, having attained majority
- Of a scale that follows the pattern: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone“A major scale.”
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Synonyms
betteroutstandinggreatprimaseniorleadingstarringstellarstarappreciablemuchampleexcellentsizablesuperlarge-scale