majors

Ma·jor  (mjr), John Roy Born 1943.

British banker and conservative politician who served as prime minister from 1990 to 1997. During his administration he advocated privatization, anti-inflationary budget discipline, and negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland.

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ma·jor  (mjr)

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.

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[Middle English majour, from Latin mior; see meg- in Indo-European roots.]

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Noun

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majors - the most important league in any sport (especially baseball) big league, major league baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" major-league club, major-league team - a team that plays in a major league league, conference - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members