What does MAJOR mean?

Definitions for MAJOR
ˈmeɪ dʒərma·jor

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. majornoun

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

  2. Major, John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Majornoun

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

  3. majornoun

    a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

    "she is a linguistics major"

  4. majoradjective

    the principal field of study of a student at a university

    "her major is linguistics"

  5. majoradjective

    of greater importance or stature or rank

    "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"

  6. majoradjective

    greater in scope or effect

    "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"

  7. majoradjective

    greater in number or size or amount

    "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings"

  8. majoradjective

    of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes

    "his major field was mathematics"

  9. majoradjective

    of a scale or mode

    "major scales"; "the key of D major"

  10. majoradjective

    of greater seriousness or danger

    "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness"

  11. majoradjective

    of full legal age

  12. major(ip)verb

    of the elder of two boys with the same family name

    "Jones major"

  13. majorverb

    have as one's principal field of study

    "She is majoring in linguistics"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Majoradjective

    Etymology: major, Latin.

    They bind none, no not though they be many, saving only when they are the major part of a general assembly, and then their voices being more in number, must oversway their judgments who are fewer. Richard Hooker, b. iv.

    The true meridian is a major circle passing through the poles of the world and the zenith of any place, exactly dividing the east from the west. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours.

    In common discourse we denominate persons and things according to the major part of their character: he is to be called a wise man who has but few follies. Isaac Watts, Logick.

    Fall Greek, fall fame, honour, or go, or stay,
    My major vow lies here. William Shakespeare, Troil. and Cressida.

  2. Majornoun

    The major of our author’s argument is to be understood of the material ingredients of bodies. Boyle.

    Major-general Ravignan returned with the French king’s answer. Tatler, №. 53.

Wikipedia

  1. major

    Major is a military rank.

ChatGPT

  1. major

    "Major" is an adjective that often describes something of greater importance, seriousness, large scale or size, or something that is more significant in comparison to others. It can denote something primary, chief or principal. In the context of education, "major" refers to the primary field of specialized study by a university student. It can also denote a designated rank in military forces or a raised note in a musical key. The context usually determines what it specifically refers to.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Majoradjective

    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. Majoradjective

    of greater dignity; more important

  3. Majoradjective

    of full legal age

  4. Majoradjective

    greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone

  5. Majoradjective

    an officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer

  6. Majoradjective

    a person of full age

  7. Majoradjective

    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. Majoradjective

    a mayor

  9. Etymology: [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor, Magnitude, More, a.]

Wikidata

  1. Major

    Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces. When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. It is considered the most junior of the field ranks. In some militaries, notably France and Ireland, the rank is referred to as commandant, while in others it is known as captain-major. It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures, such as the New York State Police, New Jersey State Police and several others. As a police rank, Major roughly corresponds to the UK rank of Superintendent. When used in hyphenated or combined fashion, the term can also imply seniority at other levels of rank, including general-major or major general, denoting a mid-level general officer, and sergeant major, denoting the most senior NCO of a military unit. It can also be used with a hyphen to denote the leader of a military band such as in pipe-major or drum-major.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Major

    mā′jur, adj. greater in number, quantity, or size: more important: (mus.) greater by a semitone.—n. a person of full age (21 years): an officer in rank between a captain and lieutenant-colonel.—v.i. to play the major, to talk big.—ns. Majorat (ma-zhō-rä′), primogeniture; Mā′jorate, Mā′jorship, the office or rank of major: majority; Mā′jor-dō′mo, an official who has the general management in a large household: a general steward: a chief minister (Sp. mayor-domo, a house-steward—L. major, greater, domus, a house); Mā′jor-gen′eral, an officer in the army next in rank below a lieutenant-general; Major′ity, the greater number: the amount between the greater and the less number: full age (at 21): the office or rank of major.—Major key (mus.), a key in which the semitones lie between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth; Major premise (logic), the principal or major statement in a syllogism; Major scale (see Major key).—Go over to, or Join, the majority, to die; The majority, the Great majority, the dead. [L., comp. of magnus.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. major

    The next rank below that of lieutenant-colonel; the junior field-officer.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. major

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

Editors Contribution

  1. majornoun

    A Maj mental age master of arts in some sort of operational research. 1.) Important, serious, or significant. Greater or more important; main. Meaningful or life-threatening.

    I worked everything out to become a major name in my purpose of life, now I am making it into a career.

    Etymology: High Rank


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on March 19, 2024  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MAJOR

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Major is ranked #1714 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Major surname appeared 20,977 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 would have the surname Major.

    61% or 12,809 total occurrences were White.
    32.8% or 6,889 total occurrences were Black.
    2.6% or 560 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.2% or 470 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 138 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.5% or 111 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'MAJOR' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #359

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'MAJOR' in Written Corpus Frequency: #792

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'MAJOR' in Nouns Frequency: #2633

  4. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'MAJOR' in Adjectives Frequency: #35

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of MAJOR in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of MAJOR in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of MAJOR in a Sentence

  1. Mark Zandi:

    You can not simply remove major wheat production, major food oil production, major fertilizer production, major oil production, major natural gas production, major production of [ semiconductor ] chips used in automobiles and think you're not going to get inflation, when it gets presented in the American news, you get this idea that if our stimulus checks had been lower, and if our wages had gone lower, that we wouldn't have this inflation. Nobody in the world accepts that as the viewpoint.

  2. Dan Rosenbaum/British:

    At a time when Iran is reportedly offering the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, the international community shouldnt be rewarding Tehran for its bad behavior, the U.N. Security Council is undermining its mission to maintain international peace and security. And Europe wants to have it both ways, expressing concern about its major implications for regional security while doing everything it can to preserve the JCPOA. Europes policy is unsustainable, and dismisses the concerns of those most impacted by the arms embargos expiration in the region namely the Gulf Cooperation Council and Israel.

  3. Lawrence Lessig:

    Yet though every major candidate in the Democratic primary for president has acknowledged this corruption, so far every one of them just puts it to one side.

  4. Wang Guiqiang:

    > SummaryCompaniesSome cities say peak of COVID infections was last monthToo early to say how many infections are severe-Chinese expertChina embassy in South Korea suspends short-term visasChinese state media criticise Pfizer over Paxlovid priceBEIJING, Jan 10( Reuters) - Many parts of China are already past their peak of COVID-19 infections, state media reported on Tuesday, with officials further downplaying the severity of the outbreak despite international concerns about its scale and impact.A summary by Health Times, a publication managed by Peoples Daily, Peoples Daily, said infections have been declining in the capital Beijing and several Chinese provinces. One official was quoted as saying nearly all the 100 million people in Henan province had already been infected.The virus has been spreading freely in China since a policy U-turn in early December after protests against a zero-COVID regime ruthlessly enforced for three years. China reopened its borders on Sunday, removing the last major restrictions.The frequent lockdowns, relentless testing and various levels of movement curbs since early 2020 have brought the worlds second-largest economy to one of its slowest growth rates in nearly half a century and caused widespread distress.With the virus let loose, China has stopped publishing daily infection tallies and has been reporting five or fewer deaths a day since the policy U-turn, figures that have been disputed by the World Health Organisation.Many Chinese funeral homes and hospitals say they are overwhelmed, and international health experts predict at least 1 million COVID-related deaths in China this year.On Tuesday, a Health Times compilation of reports from local government officials and health experts across the country, suggested the COVID wave may be past its peak in many regions.Kan Quan, director of the Office of the Henan Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control, was cited as saying the infection rate in the central province was nearly 90 % as of Jan. 6. The number of patients at clinics in the province reached a peak on Dec. 19, but the number of severe cases was still high, he said, without giving further details.Yin Yong, acting mayor of Beijing, was cited as saying the capital was also past its peak. Li Pan, deputy director of the Municipal Health Commission in the city of Chongqing said the peak there was reached on Dec. 20. In the province of Jiangsu, the peak was reached on Dec. 22, while in Zheijiang province the first wave of infections has passed smoothly, officials said. Two cities in the southern Guangdong province, Chinas manufacturing heartland, reached their peaks before the end of the year.Separately in the state-run China Daily, a prominent health official said the percentage of severe cases remained unclear.It is still too early to conclude the overall percentage of severe and critical COVID patients in China as different types of hospitals report different numbers, Wang Guiqiang, head of Peking University First Hospitals infectious disease department, was quoted as saying.PFIZER CRITICISMChina has dismissed criticism over its data as politically-motivated attempts to smear its success in handling the pandemic and said any future mutations are likely to be more infectious but cause less severe illness.Testing requirements introduced by several countries, including the United States, Japan, South Korea, Britain, France and others in response to Chinas COVID outbreak, were called out by foreign ministry as discriminatory.Financial markets see the new curbs as mere inconvenience, with the yuan hitting a nearly five-month high on Tuesday.South Korean and Japanese shop owners, Thai tour bus operators and K-pop groups were among those licking their lips at the prospect of more Chinese tourists.Although Beijing also demands negative COVID test results from people landing in China, officials have threatened retaliation against countries mandating tests for visitors from China.The Chinese embassy in South Korea said on Tuesday it will stop issuing short-term visas for Korean citizens.State media has also taken a swipe at Pfizer Inc( PFE.N) over the price for its COVID treatment Paxlovid.It is not a secret that U.S. capital forces have already accumulated quite a fortune from the world via selling vaccines and drugs, and the U.S. government has been coordinating all along, nationalist tabloid Global Times said in an editorial.Pfizers Chief Executive Albert Bourla said on Monday the company was in discussions with Chinese authorities about a price for Paxlovid, but not over licensing a generic version in China.The abrupt change of course in COVID policies has left Chinas health system unprepared, with many hospitals ill-equipped to handle patients in critical conditions and smaller cities scrambling to secure basic anti-fever drug supplies.Yu Weishi, chairman of Youcare Pharmaceutical Group, told Reuters Li Pan firm boosted output of its anti-fever drugs five-fold to one million boxes a day in the past month.Wang Lili, general manager at another pharmaceutical firm, CR Double Crane, told Reuters that intravenous drips were their most in-demand product.The company has since Jan. 5 done away with weekends to meet demand.We are running 24/7.

  5. Tom Graves:

    I am confident that the Defense Department understands JSTARS is a major priority for Congress and will complete the process of updating the JSTARS fleet in a timely manner.

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