Major

['meɪdʒə] or ['medʒɚ]

Definition

(noun.) the principal field of study of a student at a university; 'her major is linguistics'.

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

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

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

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

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

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

(adj.) of full legal age .

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

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

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

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

(adj.) of the elder of two boys with the same family name; 'Jones major' .

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Definition

(a.) 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.

(a.) Of greater dignity; more important.

(a.) Of full legal age.

(a.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.

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

(a.) A person of full age.

(a.) 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].

(a.) A mayor.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Greater.

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