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 Definitions of major  [ˈmeɪ dʒər]  

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Definition of 'major' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) major
a commissioned military officer ranking below a lieutenant colonel and above a captain.

2.  major
one of superior rank, ability, or power in a specified class.

3.  major
field of study in which a student specializes.

4.  major
a student specializing in such a field:
a history major.

5.  major
a person of full legal age.

6.  major
a major musical interval, chord, or scale.

7.  major
the majors,

8.  major
the major leagues.

9. (adj.) major
greater in size, extent, or amount:
a major part.

10.  major
greater in rank or importance:
a major talent.

11.  major
of great risk; serious:
a major operation.

12.  major
of or pertaining to a majority.

13.  major
of full legal age.

14.  major
Music.

15.  major
(of an interval) being between the tonic and the second, third, sixth, or seventh degrees of a major scale:
a major third.

16.  major
(of a chord) having a major third between the root and the note next above it.

17.  major
based on a major scale:
a major key.

18.  major
pertaining to the subject in which a student specializes.

19. (v.i.) major
to follow an academic major:
majoring in physics.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; < AF < L major, comp. of magnus large (cf. majesty ))

Definition of 'major' Princeton's WordNet 

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

2. (noun) Major, John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major
British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)

3. (noun) major
a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
"she is a linguistics major"

4. (adj) major
the principal field of study of a student at a university
"her major is linguistics"

5. (adj) major
of greater importance or stature or rank
"a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"

6. (adj) major
greater in scope or effect
"a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"

7. (adj) major
greater in number or size or amount
"a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings"

8. (adj) major
of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
"his major field was mathematics"

9. (adj) major
of a scale or mode
"major scales"; "the key of D major"

10. (adj) major
of greater seriousness or danger
"a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness"

11. (adj) major
of full legal age

12. (verb) major(ip)
of the elder of two boys with the same family name
"Jones major"

13. (verb) major
have as one's principal field of study
"She is majoring in linguistics"


Definition of 'major' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) major
minor
one of the major supermarket chains

2.  major
≠ trivial
someone who had a major influence on my life; a major factor to be taken into account

3. (noun) major
a mid-ranking officer in the military
Major Jenkins.; He saluted the major.

4.  major
the main subject sb studies at college, or sb studying that subject
She's a history major.; My major was in English.

5. (verb) major
to have a particular subject as your main area of study at college
I'm thinking of majoring in Biology.


Definition of 'major' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) major
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

2. (adj) major
of greater dignity; more important

3. (adj) major
of full legal age

4. (adj) major
greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone

5. (adj) major
an officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer

6. (adj) major
a person of full age

7. (adj) major
that premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference]

8. (adj) major
a mayor


Translation of 'major' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: great, or greater, in size, importance etc
major and minor roads; a major discovery.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: groot Arabic flag Arabic: عَظيم، كَبير، رَئيسي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: важен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: principal Czech flag Czech: velký; větší German flag German: bedeutend
Danish flag Danish: stor; vigtig Greek flag Greek: μείζων, πολύ σημαντικός Spanish flag Spanish: mayor, principal
Estonian flag Estonian: tähtsam Farsi flag Farsi: اصلی Finnish flag Finnish: pää-
French flag French: majeur Hebrew flag Hebrew: גָדוֹל, חָשוּב Hindi flag Hindi: बड़ा, मुख्य
Croatian flag Croatian: velik, važan Hungarian flag Hungarian: nagyobb Indonesian flag Indonesian: besar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mikill, helstur, aðal-; m Italian flag Italian: maggiore, più importante Japanese flag Japanese: 重要な
Korean flag Korean: 큰, 중요한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pagrindinis, didesnis, sv Latvian flag Latvian: lielākais; nozīmīgākais
Malay flag Malay: besar Dutch flag Dutch: hoofd-, belangrijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: stor(artet), hoved-, vikt
Polish flag Polish: główny, większy Persian flag Persian: اصلی Pashto flag Pashto: اصلى او اساسى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: principal Romanian flag Romanian: mare, major Russian flag Russian: больший; главный; крупный
Slovak flag Slovak: veľký; väčší Slovenian flag Slovenian: pomemben; pomembnejši Serbian flag Serbian: glavni
Swedish flag Swedish: större, betydande Thai flag Thai: สำคัญมาก Turkish flag Turkish: büyük
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 重要的,較大的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: більший; важливіший Urdu flag Urdu: بڑا، اہم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chủ yếu; lớn Chinese flag Chinese: 重要的,较多的

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