Major
nounAdjective
greater in number or size or amount
“a major portion (a majority) of the population”
“a major portion of the winnings”
of greater importance or stature or rank
“a major artist”
“a major role”
“major highways”
(of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
“major scales”
“the key of D major”
of the elder of two boys with the same family name
“Jones major”
of full legal age
Noun
a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
“she is a linguistics major”
Type of:PupilStudentEducateethe principal field of study of a student at a university
“her major is linguistics”
Type of:FieldSubjectStudyBritish statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
Verb
have as one's principal field of study
“She is majoring in linguistics”
Type of:Study
Other
greater in scope or effect
“a major contribution”
“a major improvement”
“a major break with tradition”
of greater seriousness or danger
“a major earthquake”
“a major hurricane”
“a major illness”
of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
“his major field was mathematics”
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