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major
1[ mey-jer ]
noun
- a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
- one of superior rank, ability, etc., in a specified class.
- Education.
- a subject or field of study chosen by a student to represent their principal interest and upon which a large share of their efforts are concentrated:
History was my major in college.
- a student engaged in such study.
- a person of full legal age ( minor ).
- Music. a major interval, chord, scale, etc.
- the majors,
- the companies or organizations that lead or control a particular field of activity:
the oil majors.
adjective
- greater in size, extent, or importance:
the major part of the town.
- great, as in rank or importance: a major artist.
a major political issue;
a major artist.
- serious or risky:
a major operation.
- of or relating to the majority:
the major opinion.
- of full legal age.
- Music.
- (of an interval) being between the tonic and the second, third, sixth, or seventh degrees of a major scale: a major sixth.
a major third;
a major sixth.
- (of a chord) having a major third between the root and the note next above it.
- pertaining to the subject in which a student takes the most courses:
Her major field is English history.
- (initial capital letter) (of one of two male students in an English public school who have the same surname) being the elder or higher in standing:
Hobbes Major is not of a scientific bent.
verb (used without object)
- to follow a major course of study:
He is majoring in physics.
Major
2[ mey-jer ]
noun
- Clarence, born 1936, U.S. novelist and poet.
- John, born 1943, British political leader: prime minister 1990–97.
major
1/ ˈmeɪdʒə /
noun
- military an officer immediately junior to a lieutenant colonel
- a person who is superior in a group or class
- a large or important company
the oil majors
- often preceded by the music a major key, chord, mode, or scale
- the principal field of study of a student at a university, etc
his major is sociology
- a student who is studying a particular subject as his principal field
a sociology major
- a person who has reached the age of legal majority
- logic a major term or premise
- a principal or important record company, film company, etc
- the majorsplural the major leagues
adjective
- larger in extent, number, etc
the major part
- of greater importance or priority
- very serious or significant
a major disaster
- main, chief, or principal
- of, involving, or making up a majority
- music
- (of a scale or mode) having notes separated by the interval of a whole tone, except for the third and fourth degrees, and seventh and eighth degrees, which are separated by a semitone
- relating to or employing notes from the major scale
a major key
- postpositive denoting a specified key or scale as being major
C major
- denoting a chord or triad having a major third above the root
- (in jazz) denoting a major chord with a major seventh added above the root
- logic constituting the major term or major premise of a syllogism
- of or relating to a student's principal field of study at a university, etc
- the elder: used after a schoolboy's surname if he has one or more younger brothers in the same school
Price major
- of full legal age
- postpositive Leisure:Bell-ringing of, relating to, or denoting a method rung on eight bells
verb
- intrusually foll byin to do one's principal study (in a particular subject)
to major in English literature
- intrusually foll byon to take or deal with as the main area of interest
the book majors on the peasant dishes
Major
2/ ˈmeɪdʒə /
noun
- MajorJohn1943MBritishPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Sir John. born 1943, British Conservative politician: Chancellor of the Exchequer (1989–90); prime minister (1990–97)
Derived Forms
- ˈmajorship, noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of major1
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Example Sentences
That hit California’s exports of major farm products, bringing losses for growers of walnuts, almonds and other crops.
Organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics also say the MMR vaccine — which protects against measles, mumps and rubella and is a major target of the anti-vax movement — is safe.
While Musk and Ramaswamy have been talking a big game in promising to usher in a new era of austerity in America, there’s a major constitutional issue standing in their way — at least for now.
For many service workers and restaurant employees, access to reliable and affordable childcare continues to be a major struggle within the industry.
The insurgents’ sweep into power concludes an astonishing Turkish-backed offensive that saw them overturn a years-long stalemate to overrun major cities in less than two weeks.
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