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Definition of Major
1. Adjective. Of greater importance or stature or rank. "Major highways"
2. Verb. Have as one's principal field of study. "She is majoring in linguistics"
3. Noun. A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain.
Generic synonyms: Commissioned Military Officer
4. Adjective. Greater in scope or effect. "A major misunderstanding"
5. Noun. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943).
Generic synonyms: National Leader, Solon, Statesman
6. Adjective. Greater in number or size or amount. "A major portion of the winnings"
7. Noun. A university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject. "She is a linguistics major"
8. Adjective. Of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes. "His major field was mathematics"
9. Noun. The principal field of study of a student at a university. "Her major is linguistics"
10. Adjective. Of a scale or mode. "The key of D major"
11. Adjective. Of greater seriousness or danger. "A major illness"
12. Adjective. Of full legal age.
13. Adjective. Of the elder of two boys with the same family name. "Jones major"
Similar to: Senior
Definition of Major
1. a. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
2. n. An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
Definition of Major
1. Noun. a military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel ¹
2. Adjective. of great significance or importance ¹
3. Adjective. (music) being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number ¹
4. Adjective. (music) containing the note which is a major third (four half steps) above the tonic ¹
5. Adjective. (context: Canadian football) an alternate term for touchdown; short for "major score" ¹
6. Noun. the main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university ¹
7. Noun. a student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study ¹
8. Noun. a person of legal age ¹
9. Verb. to concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Major
1. to pursue a specific principal course of study [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Major
1. Larger or greater in size of two similar structures. Origin: L. Comparative of magnus, great (05 Mar 2000)