What does junior mean?
Definitions for junior
ˈdʒun yərju·nior
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Princeton's WordNet
junior(noun)
term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
"look here, junior, it's none of your business"
junior(noun)
a third-year undergraduate
junior(noun)
the younger of two persons
"she is two years my junior"
Junior, Jr, Jnr(adj)
a son who has the same first name as his father
junior(adj)
younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
junior(a), third-year, next-to-last(adj)
used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college
"the junior class"; "a third-year student"
junior(adj)
including or intended for youthful persons
"a junior sports league"; "junior fashions"
GCIDE
Junior(a.)
Less advanced in age than another; younger. Abbreviated Jr.
Etymology: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
Junior(a.)
of or relating to the third year of a four-year term; -- used of the third or next to final year in a U. S. high school or college. See junior, n..
Etymology: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
Wiktionary
junior(Noun)
A younger person.
four years his junior
Etymology: From junior, contr. of juvenior, compar. of iuvenis; see juvenile.
junior(Noun)
A third-year student at a high school or university.
Etymology: From junior, contr. of juvenior, compar. of iuvenis; see juvenile.
junior(Noun)
A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name. Abbreviation: Jr.
Etymology: From junior, contr. of juvenior, compar. of iuvenis; see juvenile.
junior(Adjective)
Younger.
Etymology: From junior, contr. of juvenior, compar. of iuvenis; see juvenile.
junior(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
Etymology: From junior, contr. of juvenior, compar. of iuvenis; see juvenile.
junior(Adjective)
Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
Etymology: From junior, contr. of juvenior, compar. of iuvenis; see juvenile.
Webster Dictionary
Junior(adj)
less advanced in age than another; younger
Etymology: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
Junior(adj)
lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain
Etymology: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
Junior(adj)
composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; as, the junior class; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See Junior, n., 2
Etymology: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
Junior(noun)
belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life
Etymology: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
Junior(noun)
a younger person
Etymology: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
Junior(noun)
hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course
Etymology: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Junior
jōōn′yur, adj. younger: less advanced.—n. one younger or less advanced.—ns. Junior′ity, Jun′iorship; Jun′ior-right, borough-English (q.v.).—Junior optime, a third-class honours man at Cambridge, next to Wranglers and Senior Optimes; Junior soph, an undergraduate of the second year at Cambridge. [Contr. of L. juvenior, younger—juvenis, young.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
junior
One having a lower rank. When the grade is the same, the one having the more recent commission or warrant.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'junior' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3512
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'junior' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4465
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'junior' in Adjectives Frequency: #474
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of junior in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of junior in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of junior in a Sentence
I was taught in the sixth grade that we had a standing army of just over a hundred thousand men and that the generals had nothing to say about what was done in Washington. I was taught to be proud of that and to pity Europe for having more than a million men under arms and spending all their money on airplanes and tanks. I simply never unlearned junior civics. I still believe in it. I got a very good grade.
I know Tasha has been wanting to go to prom even last year when she was a junior and at home, and she wasn’t nearly this sick.
You should never think you're too good to do a job. And I think you should be like that in everything you do. 'Be a forever new guy' is what I try to emulate, and I don't mean as in you shouldn't step up to the role and be a leader and delegate appropriately, but never think that you are above taking out the trash or that you're above not respecting the secretary or the lowest junior enlisted.
The positioning is very different because we work with beginners to bring them to a junior-developer level.
I hear you are going to protect me, my junior secret service agent. I love it.
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- صغارArabic
- малодшыBelarusian
- mladšíCzech
- junior-Danish
- jüngerGerman
- κατώτεροςGreek
- junuloEsperanto
- júniorSpanish
- خردسالPersian
- nuorempiFinnish
- junior, jeuneFrench
- sóisearachIrish
- कनिष्ठHindi
- ifjabbHungarian
- կրտսերArmenian
- mudaIndonesian
- juniorItalian
- זוּטָרHebrew
- 年下, 後輩Japanese
- უმცროსიGeorgian
- ಕಿರಿಯKannada
- 後輩, 후배, 연소 한Korean
- juniorLatin
- muringaMāori
- juniorDutch
- juniorNorwegian
- młodszyPolish
- [[mais]] [[novo]]/[[jovem]], júniorPortuguese
- JuniorRomanian
- младшийRussian
- mladšíSlovak
- mlajšiSlovene
- juniorSwedish
- ஜூனியர்Tamil
- జూనియర్Telugu
- จูเนียร์Thai
- küçükTurkish
- молодшийUkrainian
- جونیئرUrdu
- trẻ emVietnamese
- יינגערYiddish
- 初级Chinese
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