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Definitions for Major

[1] a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.
[2] one of superior rank, ability, etc., in a specified class.
[3] Education . a subject or field of study chosen by a student to represent his or her principal interest and upon which a large share of his or her efforts are concentrated: History was my major at college. a student engaged in such study.
[4] a person of full legal age (opposed to minor).
[5] Music . a major interval, chord, scale, etc.
[6] the majors, Sports . the major leagues: He coached in the majors as well as in the minors. the companies or organizations that lead or control a particular field of activity: the oil majors.
[7] greater in size, extent, or importance: the major part of the town.
[8] great, as in rank or importance: a major political issue; a major artist.
[9] serious or risky: a major operation.
[10] of or relating to the majority: the major opinion.
[11] of full legal age.
[12] Music . (of an interval) being between the tonic and the second, third, sixth, or seventh degrees of a major scale: a major third; a major sixth. (of a chord) having a major third between the root and the note next above it.
[13] pertaining to the subject in which a student takes the most courses: Her major field is English history.
[14] (initial capital letter ) (of one of two male students in an English public school who have the same surname) being the elder or higher in standing: Hobbes Major is not of a scientific bent.
[15] to follow a major course of study: He is majoring in physics.
[16] Clarence, born 1936, U.S. novelist and poet.
[17] John, born 1943, British political leader: prime minister 1990–97.
[18] military an officer immediately junior to a lieutenant colonel
[19] a person who is superior in a group or class
[20] a large or important company the oil majors
[21] (often preceded by the) music a major key, chord, mode, or scale
[22] US , Canadian , Australian and NZ the principal field of study of a student at a university, etc his major is sociology a student who is studying a particular subject as his principal field a sociology major
[23] a person who has reached the age of legal majority
[24] logic a major term or premise
[25] a principal or important record company, film company, etc
[26] the majors (plural) US and Canadian the major leagues
[27] larger in extent, number, etc the major part
[28] of greater importance or priority
[29] very serious or significant a major disaster
[30] main, chief, or principal
[31] of, involving, or making up a majority
[32] music (of a scale or mode) having notes separated by the interval of a whole tone, except for the third and fourth degrees, and seventh and eighth degrees, which are separated by a semitone relating to or employing notes from the major scale a major key (postpositive) denoting a specified key or scale as being major C major denoting a chord or triad having a major third above the root (in jazz) denoting a major chord with a major seventh added above the root
[33] logic constituting the major term or major premise of a syllogism
[34] mainly US , Canadian , Australian and NZ of or relating to a student's principal field of study at a university, etc
[35] British the elder: used after a schoolboy's surname if he has one or more younger brothers in the same school Price major
[36] of full legal age
[37] (postpositive) bell-ringing of, relating to, or denoting a method rung on eight bells
[38] (intr usually foll by in ) US , Canadian , Australian and NZ to do one's principal study (in a particular subject) to major in English literature
[39] (intr usually foll by on ) to take or deal with as the main area of interest the book majors on the peasant dishes
[40] Sir John. born 1943, British Conservative politician: Chancellor of the Exchequer (1989–90); prime minister (1990–97)

Words related to Major

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Words nearby Major

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Origin of Major

1350–1400; < Latin, comparative of magnus large (cf. majesty); replacing Middle English majour < Anglo-French < Latin, as above

Word origin for Major

C15 (adj): from Latin, comparative of magnus great; C17 (n, in military sense): from French, short for sergeant major

Synonyms for Major

big, considerable, dominant, extensive, large, large-scale, leading, main, primary, sizable, above, better, chief, elder, exceeding, extreme, senior, superior, upper, greater, hefty, higher, larger, most, oversized, supreme, ultra, uppermost