Definition of major
Adjectives
of greater importance or stature or rank
"a major artist"
"a major role"
"major highways"
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minor
of lesser importance or stature or rank
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insignificant, peanut
of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
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secondary
not of major importance
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greater in scope or effect
"a major contribution"
"a major improvement"
"a major break with tradition"
"a major misunderstanding"
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minor
lesser in scope or effect
greater in number or size or amount
"a major portion (a majority) of the population"
"a major portion of the winnings"
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better
more than half
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minor
inferior in number or size or amount
of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
"his major field was mathematics"
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minor
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
of greater seriousness or danger
"a major earthquake"
"a major hurricane"
"a major illness"
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minor
of lesser seriousness or danger
of full legal age
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minor
not of legal age
- nonaged, underage
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of the elder of two boys with the same family name
"Jones major"
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senior
older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
Nouns
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
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commissioned military officer
a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps
a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
"she is a linguistics major"
the principal field of study of a student at a university
"her major is linguistics"
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bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field
a branch of knowledge
Verbs
have as one's principal field of study
"She is majoring in linguistics"
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study
be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
Vocabulary Lists for major
The Top 60 Most Common Academic Words »(60 words)
according to Averil Coxhead's Academic Word List (2000)
- analysis
- approach
- area
- assessment
- assume
Words to Commemorate the Holocaust »(1147 words)
- matzah
- Sturmabteilung
- concentration camp
- Hakenkreuz
- antisemitic
- ability
- accepted
- achieve
- acquisition
- adaptability
HPC trends »(486 words)
- high-level language
- logic element
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- computing
- compute
Cultural minorities in the Netherlands »(356 words)
- Frisian
- cultural
- subsidise
- ethnic minority
- immigrant