Word: Majors
How to pronounce: ˈmeɪʤə
Adjective
Definitions:
1. Important, serious, or significant.
Example sentences: "The use of drugs is a major problem"
2. (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees.
Example sentences: "The number of bells in a peal varies from three to 12, usually tuned to a diatonic major scale, or part of one."
3. (appended to a surname in public schools) indicating the elder of two brothers.
4. (of a term) occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
Noun
Definitions:
1. A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, above captain and below lieutenant colonel.
Example sentences: "One e-mail avowed that too many majors and lieutenant colonels flounder in their first joint assignments."
2. A major key, interval, or scale.
Example sentences: "The first modulates from the tonic key and concludes with a cadence in a related key, usually the dominant for pieces in the major, the relative major for pieces in the minor."
3. A major organization or competition.
Example sentences: "The majors have swept up the smaller independent companies in licensing deals"
4. A student's principal subject or course.
Example sentences: "Many students would ignore courses outside their major"
5. A major term or premise.
6. Short for major suit
Example sentences: "South was anxious to mention his four-card major and bid one spade"
7. A goal.
Example sentences: "For Rovers it was Clifford Tommy who registered majors with one in the second and then the third quarter."
Verb
Definitions:
1. Specialize in (a particular subject) at college or university.
Example sentences: "I was trying to decide if I should major in drama or English"
Synonyms:
big
leading
good
important
substantial
significant
momentous
meaningful
weighty
massive
sizable
sizeable
respectable
main
fundamental
central
main thing
primary
key
crucial
vital
principal
substantive
material
essential
considerable
maj
most important
much
Antonyms:
secondary
middle
auxiliary
extension
side
service
Derivations:
majoring
majored
majority
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Majors in Other Languages...
Spanish: Principal
German: Majoren
French: Majeur
Italian: Principale
Turkish: Ana
