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1. (adj.) senior
older or elder (typically identifying a father whose son is named after him; often abbreviated):
John Doe, Sr.
2. senior
of earlier election, appointment, or admission:
the senior senator from New York.
3. senior
of higher or the highest rank or standing.
4. senior
of or pertaining to seniors in high school or college.
5. senior
of, for, or pertaining to senior citizens.
6. senior
having a claim on assets, dividends, or the like prior to other stockholders, creditors, etc.
7. (n.) senior
a person who is older than another.
8. senior
a person of higher rank or standing than another, esp. by virtue of longer service.
9. senior
a student in the final year at a high school, college, or university.
10. senior
a senior fellow at a college of an English university.
11. senior
a senior citizen.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L, =sen(ex) old, old man +-ior comp. adj. suffix)
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1. (noun) senior
an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
2. (adj) elder, senior
a person who is older than you are
3. (adj) senior
older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
"senior officer"
4. (adj) senior(a), fourth-year
used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college
"the senior prom"
5. (adj) aged, elderly, older, senior
advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
"aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"
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1. (adjective) senior
having a high rank or status
a senior partner at the law firm
2. senior
old or older
the most senior member of our group
3. senior
senior/Sr.
used after sb's name to show they are the father of sb else who has the same name
John Jones Sr.
4. (noun) senior
a senior citizen
organized activities for seniors
5. senior
a student in their final year of high school or college
a class for seniors only; senior prom
6. senior
senior year
your last year in high school or college
I took Physics my senior year in high school.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) senior
more advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel
2. (adj) senior
belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools
3. (noun) senior
a person who is older than another; one more advanced in life
4. (noun) senior
one older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade
5. (noun) senior
an aged person; an older
6. (noun) senior
one in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary
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Sense: (
John is senior to me by two years; He is two years my senior; senior army officers.
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 Afrikaans: senior |
 Arabic: أكبَر، الأكْبَر، الأقْدَم |
 Bulgarian: старши |
 Brazilian: mais velho |
 Czech: starší |
 German: der Senior, derÄltere |
 Danish: ældre end; senior- |
 Greek: μεγαλύτερος, αρχαιότερος, |
 Spanish: mayor |
 Estonian: vanem, vanem- |
 Farsi: بزرگتر؛مافوق |
 Finnish: vanhempi |
 French: aîné; supérieur |
 Hebrew: בָּכִיר |
 Hindi: वरिष्ठ |
 Croatian: stariji, pretpostavljeni, |
 Hungarian: idősebb; rangidős |
 Indonesian: keadaan lebih tua |
 Icelandic: eldri maður; e-r sem er h |
 Italian: più vecchio; superiore |
 Japanese: 年長者 |
 Korean: 손위의 |
 Lithuanian: vyresnis, vyresnysis |
 Latvian: seniors; vecākais; vecāks |
 Malay: senior |
 Dutch: senior; ouder |
 Polish: starszy |
 Persian: بزرگتر؛مافوق |
 Pashto: مشر، په رتبه كې پورته، او |
 Portuguese: mais velho |
 Romanian: vârstnic; superior |
 Russian: старший |
 Slovak: starší |
 Slovenian: starejši |
 Serbian: stariji |
 Swedish: äldre, överordnad |
 Thai: แก่ปีกว่าหรือยศสูงกว่า |
 Turkish: kıdemli, üst rütbeli |
 Taiwanese: 年長的，地位較高的 |
 Ukrainian: старший |
 Urdu: عمر یا عہدے میں بڑا |
 Vietnamese: người lớn tuổi hơn, người |
 Chinese: 年长的，资格较老的 |
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