junior

jun·ior  (jnyr)

adj.

1. Abbr. Jr. Used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name.

2. Intended for or including youthful persons: a junior sports league.

3. Lower in rank or shorter in length of tenure: a junior officer; the junior senator.

4. Of, for, or constituting students in the third year of a U.S. high school or college: the junior class.

5. Lesser in scale than the usual.

n.

1. A person who is younger than another: a sister four years my junior.

2. A person lesser in rank or time of participation or service; subordinate.

3. A student in the third year of a U.S. high school or college.

4. A class of clothing sizes for girls and slender women. Also called junior miss.

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[Middle English, from Latin inior, comparative of iuvenis, young; see yeu- in Indo-European roots.]

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junior [ˈdʒuːnjə]

adj

1. lower in rank or length of service; subordinate

2. younger in years junior citizens

3. of or relating to youth or childhood junior pastimes

4. (Social Science / Education) Brit of or relating to schoolchildren between the ages of 7 and 11 approximately

5. (Social Science / Education) US of, relating to, or designating the third year of a four-year course at college or high school

n

1. (Law) Law (in England) any barrister below the rank of Queen's Counsel

2. a junior person

3. (Social Science / Education) Brit a junior schoolchild

4. (Social Science / Education) US a junior student

[from Latin: younger, from juvenis young]

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Junior [ˈdʒuːnjə]

adj

being the younger: usually used after a name to distinguish the son from the father with the same first name or names Charles Parker, Junior Abbreviations Jnr Jr Jun Junr

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	junior - term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; "look here, junior, it's none of your business" arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart - a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
	2.	junior - a third-year undergraduate lowerclassman, underclassman - an undergraduate who is not yet a senior
	3.	junior - the younger of two persons; "she is two years my junior" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	4.	Junior - a son who has the same first name as his father Jnr, Jr son, boy - a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is"
Adj.	1.	junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service young, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" subordinate - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom" senior - older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer"
	2.	junior - used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student" third-year, next-to-last intermediate - lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane"
	3.	junior - including or intended for youthful persons; "a junior sports league"; "junior fashions" young, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"

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junior

adjective

1. minor, lower, secondary, lesser, subordinate, inferior a junior minister attached to the prime minister's office

2. younger junior pupils
older, senior, superior, elder, higher-ranking

Translations

junior [ˈdʒuːnɪəʳ]

A. ADJ [employee, executive, manager] (in age) → más joven; (in length of service) → de menor antigüedad; (in position, rank) → subalterno, auxiliar; [partner] → segundo; [section] (in competition) → juvenil
Roy Smith, Junior → Roy Smith, hijo

B. N

1. (= younger person) → menor mf, joven mf (US) (= son) → hijo m, niño m
he is my junior by three years; he is three years my junior → tiene tres años menos que yo, le llevo tres años

2. (Brit) (Scol) → alumno/a m/f (de 7 a 11 años) (US) (Univ) → estudiante mf de penúltimo año GRADE

3. (in rank) → subalterno/a m/f, auxiliar mf; (= office junior) → recadero m

C. CPD junior college N (US) centro universitario donde se imparten cursos de dos años
junior high school N (US) → centro de enseñanza secundaria
junior minister N (Pol) → secretario/a m/f de Estado, subsecretario/a m/f
junior school N (Brit) → escuela f primaria
junior size N → talla f infantil

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junior [ˈdʒuːniə^r]

adj

(in hierarchy) → subalterne
to be junior to sb → être au-dessous de qn (dans la hiérarchie)
He's junior to me → Il est au-dessous de moi (dans la hiérarchie).

(= younger) to be junior to sb
He's junior to me by 2 years → Il est mon cadet de 2 ans., Il est plus jeune que moi de 2 ans.

n

(= office worker) → employé(e) m/f subalterne, subalterne mf

(= person younger than oneself) one's juniors → ses cadets
to be sb's junior → être le* cadet* de qn(la)(te)
He's 2 years my junior → Il est mon cadet de 2 ans.

(US) (in names)
Douglas Fairbanks Junior → Douglas Fairbanks junior juniors

npl (= younger children) the juniors → les élèves des cours élémentaires et moyens
junior clerk n → petit commis m
junior college n (US) → institut m universitaire (du premier cycle)
junior doctor n → interne mf des hôpitaux
junior executive n → jeune cadre m/f
junior high school n (US) → collège m
junior minister n (British) → sous-secrétaire mf d'État
junior partner n → associé(e)-adjoint(e) m/f, associé(e) m/f
junior school n (British) → école de 7 à 11 ans)f primaire >

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junior

adj

(= younger) → jünger; he is junior to me → er ist jünger als ich; Hiram Schwarz, junior → Hiram Schwarz junior; Smith, junior (at school) → Smith II, der kleine Smith; the junior miss → die kleine Dame

(= subordinate) employee → untergeordnet; officer → rangniedriger; to be junior to somebody → unter jdm stehen

(Sport) → Junioren-, der Junioren; junior team → Juniorenmannschaft f

n

→ Jüngere(r) mf; he is my junior by two years, he is two years my junior → er ist zwei Jahre jünger als ich; where’s junior? → wo ist der Junior?

(Brit Sch) (at primary school) → Grundschüler(in) m(f); (at secondary school) → Unterstufenschüler(in) m(f)

(US Univ) Student(in) im vorletzten Studienjahr

(Sport) → Junior(in) m(f); the juniors → die Junioren/Juniorinnen pl

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junior:

junior classes

pl (Sch) → Unterstufe f

junior clerk

n → zweiter Buchhalter; he’s just some junior → er ist bloß ein kleiner Angestellter

junior college

n (US Univ) College, an dem man die ersten zwei Jahre eines 4-jährigen Studiums absolviert

junior common room

n (Brit Univ) → Gemeinschaftsraum m → für Studenten

junior high (school)

n (US) → ˜ Mittelschule f

Junior League

n

(Brit Sport) → Amateurliga f

(US: for voluntary work) Wohltätigkeitsverband von Frauen, die sich im Sozialbereich engagieren

junior management

n → untere Führungskräfte pl

junior minister

n → Staatssekretär(in) m(f)

junior partner

n → jüngerer Teilhaber; (in coalition) → kleinerer (Koalitions)partner

junior school

n (Brit) → Grundschule f

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junior [ˈdʒuːnɪəʳ]

1. adj (on staff, in rank) → subalterno/a; (section, in competition) → per ragazzi; (with name) Roy Smith, Junior → Roy Smith junior
he's junior to me → ho più anzianità di lui
junior sizes (Comm) → taglie fpl per ragazzi

2. n (in organization) → persona più giovane (Brit) (schoolchild) → allievo delle scuole elementari (da 7 a 11 anni)
3 years my junior or my junior by 3 years → più giovane di me di 3 anni

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junior [ˈdʒuːnɪəʳ]

1. adj (on staff, in rank) → subalterno/a; (section, in competition) → per ragazzi; (with name) Roy Smith, Junior → Roy Smith junior
he's junior to me → ho più anzianità di lui
junior sizes (Comm) → taglie fpl per ragazzi

2. n (in organization) → persona più giovane (Brit) (schoolchild) → allievo delle scuole elementari (da 7 a 11 anni)
3 years my junior or my junior by 3 years → più giovane di me di 3 anni

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junior

n / adj junior [ˈdʒuːnjə]

(a person who is) younger in years or lower in rank or authority He is two years my junior; The school sent two juniors and one senior to take part; junior pupils; He is junior to me in the firm; the junior school. junior, jongere, mindere شَخْص صَغير السِّن، تلميذ في المدرسة الأعداديَّه по-млад mladší (sourozenec, žák, zaměstnanec) yngre; underordnet der/die Jüngere, der/die Untergeordnete;jünger νεότερος, κατώτερος, υφιστάμενος menor noorem فرد کوچکتر یا کهتر nuorempi cadet, ette, subalterne, junior תַּלמִיד בְּשָנָה שְלִישִית कनिष्ठ, छोटा, उम्र में छोटा mladac, mlađi fiatalabb (mint); alsós yang muda ungur maður; nÿliði; yngri; unglinga- giovane; minore; subalterno; elementare 年下の (人) 연하의 사람, 신참, 지위가 낮은 사람, 하급자, 후배 jaunesnis, jaunesnysis jaunākais; pakļautais; padotais; juniors lebih muda jonger, jongst yngre, junior-, av lavere rang; elev/student i nest siste skoleår; yngre elever młod(sz)y, junior mais novo junior; subaltern; cadet младший mladší (súrodenec, žiak, zamestnanec ap.) mlajši; podrejen mlađi (po starosti ili hijerarhiji), student treće godine [] yngre; junior-, underordnad คนที่อ่อนอาวุโสกว่า yaşça küçük, daha genç; ast, kıdemsiz; ilkokul 較年幼者(的)，等級(或年資)較低者(的) той, що молодший عمر میں چھوٹا thấp hơn 较年幼者（的），等级（或年资）较低者（的）

adj

(often abbreviated toJnr, ~JrorJun. when written) used to indicate the son of a person who is still alive and who has the same name John Jones Junior. Jr. صَغير السِّن: عندما تُكْتَب مُخْتَصَرَه تعني:الإبْن младши junior, syn junior junior ο νεότερος hijo juunior کوچکتر؛ جوان nuorempi fils אָדַם צָעִיר nasljednik istog imena ifjabb, ifj. anak yngri junior, figlio ２世 보다 나이 어린 사람의 jaunesnysis juniors panggilan kepada anak yang sama nama dengan bapanya junior den yngre (d.y.) junior, młodszy filho fiu младший junior mlajši mlađi (po starosti) junior, den yngre ใช้แสดงให้รู้ว่าเป็นลูกชายของบุคคลที่ยังคงมีชีวิตอยู่และมีชื่อเดียวกับตน küçük, genç (父子同名時，在兒子的名字前面加)對兒子的稱呼)小... молодший کسی شخص کے ہمنام بیٹے کا لقب dùng để nói về người trẻ hơn có cùng tên （父子同名时对儿子的称呼）小...

n

(especially American) a name for the child (usually a son) of a family Do bring Junior! Junior إبْن للعائِلَه ам. син malý junior der Junior μικρός el pequeño, el benjamín poeg پسر lapsi le petit הַבֵּן बच्चे का नाम ime za (kis)fiú si kecil sonur (il) figliolo ジュニア、息子 (가족 중에서) 아들 mažylis, jaunėlis juniors; dēls anak junior, zoonlief guttungen, sønnen; vesla Mały junior cel mic младший malý naslednik naslednik grabben, gossen เด็ก oğul, oğlum 家庭中對孩子(常指兒子)的稱呼 син بچے کو پکارنے کا ایک نام tên trẻ con trong gia đình 家庭中对孩子的称呼

younger than but junior to .

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junior → أصغر mladší yngre jünger νεότερος más joven, menor nuorempi junior mlađi più giovane 下級の 손아래의 junior yngre młodszy júnior младший junior ที่อายุน้อยกว่า yaşça küçük cấp thấp 年少的