major | English to English Dictionary

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major

('m/eI//dZ//@/r )

of greater importance or stature or rank(adj.all)

Example:
A major artist.
A major role.
Major highways.

source: wordnet30
greater in scope or effect(adj.all)

Example:
A major contribution.
A major improvement.
A major break with tradition.
A major misunderstanding.

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greater in number or size or amount(adj.all)

Example:
A major portion (a majority) of the population.
Ursa Major.
A major portion of the winnings.

Antonym:
minor

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of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes(adj.all)

Example:
His major field was mathematics.

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of a scale or mode(adj.all)

Example:
Major scales.
The key of D major.

Synonym:
minor

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of greater seriousness or danger(adj.all)

Example:
A major earthquake.
A major hurricane.
A major illness.

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of full legal age(adj.all)

Antonym:
minor, nonaged, underage

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Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain(noun.person)

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British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)(noun.person)

Synonym:
john major, john r. major, john roy major

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a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject(noun.person)

Example:
She is a linguistics major.

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the principal field of study of a student at a university(noun.cognition)

Example:
Her major is linguistics.

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An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.(noun)

source: webster1913