ma·jor (m  j r)adj.1. Greater than others in importance or rank: a major artist. 2. Great in scope or effect: a major improvement. 3. Great in number, size, or extent: the major portion of the population. 4. Requiring great attention or concern; very serious: a major illness. 5. Law Having attained full legal age. 6. Of or relating to the field of academic study in which a student specializes. 7. Music a. Designating a scale or mode having half steps between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth degrees. b. Equivalent to the distance between the tonic note and the second or third or sixth or seventh degrees of a major scale or mode: a major interval. c. Based on a major scale: a major key. n.1. a. Abbr. MAJ or Maj or Maj. A commissioned rank in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps that is above captain and below lieutenant colonel. b. One who holds this rank. 2. One that is superior in rank, importance, or ability: an oil-producing country considered as one of the majors. 3. Law One who has reached full legal age. 4. a. A field of study chosen as an academic specialty. b. A student specializing in such studies: a linguistics major. 5. Logic a. A major premise. b. A major term. 6. Music a. A major scale, key, interval, or mode. b. A chord containing a major third between the first and second notes and a minor third between the second and third notes. 7. majors Sports The major leagues. intr.v. ma·jored, ma·jor·ing, ma·jors To pursue academic studies in a major: majoring in mathematics.
[Middle English majour, from Latin mior; see meg- in Indo-European roots.] |
major Adjective 1. greater in size, frequency, or importance than others of the same kind: the major political parties 2. very serious or significant: a major investigation 3. main or principal: a major road 4. Music a. (of a scale) having notes separated by a whole tone, except for the third and fourth notes, and seventh and eighth notes, which are separated by a semitone b. of or based on the major scale: the key of D major Noun 1. a middle-ranking military officer 2. Music a major key, chord, mode, or scale 3. a person who has reached the age of legal majority 4. US, Canad, S African, Austral & NZ the principal field of study of a student Verb US, Canad, S African, Austral & NZ to study as one's principal subject: he majored in economics [Latin: greater]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  major - a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain | | 2. | Major - British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943) | | 3. | major - a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major" | | 4. | major - the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics" | | Verb | 1. | major - have as one's principal field of study; "She is majoring in linguistics"study - be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning | | Adj. | 1. | major - of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"minor - of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads" | | 2. | major - greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"minor - lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance" | | 3. | major - greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings"minor - inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor" | | 4. | major - of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics"minor - of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization | | 5. | major - of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major"music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner minor - of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" | | 6. | major - of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness"minor - of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance" | | 7. | major - of full legal agelaw, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | | 8. | major - of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major"senior - older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer" |
major adjective 1. important, vital, critical, significant, great, serious, radical, crucial, outstanding, grave, extensive, notable, weighty, pre-eminent adjective 2. main, higher, greater, bigger, lead, leading, head, larger, better, chief, senior, supreme, superior, elder, uppermost << OPPOSITE minor  Translations major [ˈmeɪdʒəʳ] n ( MIL) → comandante mvi (US) (UNIV): to major in → especializarse en;
 major [ˈmeɪdʒəʳ] n ( Mil) → commandant mvi (US) (Scol);
 major [ˈmeɪdʒəʳ] n → Major mvi (US);
 major [ˈmeɪdʒəʳ] n ( MIL) → maggiore mvi (US) (SCOL): to major (in) → specializzarsi (in);
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