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