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Sounds | mey'jher |
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Rhymes | Alger, arranger, astrologer, and 50 more rhymes in jher at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Of greater importance or stature or rank. |
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Examples | "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways" |
Similar | great, outstanding; leading, prima, star, starring, stellar |
Contrary | minor |
Meaning | Greater in scope or effect. |
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Examples | "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding" |
Contrary | minor |
Meaning | Greater in number or size or amount. |
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Examples | "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings" |
Attribute of | majority, bulk |
Similar | better |
Contrary | minor |
Meaning | Of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes. |
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Examples | "his major field was mathematics" |
Contrary | minor |
Meaning | Of a scale or mode. |
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Examples | "major scales"; "the key of D major" |
Category | music |
Contrary | minor |
Meaning | Of greater seriousness or danger. |
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Examples | "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness" |
Contrary | minor |
Meaning | Of full legal age. |
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Examples | "major children" |
Category | law, jurisprudence |
Contrary | minor, nonaged, underage |
Meaning | Of the elder of two boys with the same family name. |
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Examples | "Jones major" |
Region | United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Similar to | senior |
Meaning | A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines. Below lieutenant colonel and above captain. |
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Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
Broader | commissioned military officer |
Meaning | British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943). |
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Synonyms | John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major |
Broader | statesman, solon, national leader |
Meaning | A university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject. |
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Examples | "she is a linguistics major" |
Broader | student, pupil, educatee |
Verbs | major |
Meaning | The principal field of study of a student at a university. |
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Examples | "her major is linguistics" |
Broader | discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge |
Verbs | major |
Meaning | Have as one's principal field of study. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "She is majoring in linguistics" |
Broader | study |
Nouns | major; major |