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| ma·jor [ máyjər ] |
noun (plural ma·jors) |
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1. military military rank: an officer in the U.S., Canadian, or British armies, the U.S. or Canadian air forces, and the U.S. Marine Corps of a rank above captain
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2. law somebody of legal age: somebody who has reached the age at which a person is deemed fully responsible for his or her actions
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3. North America education course concentration: the field of study in which a college or university student chooses to specialize
  a major in philosophy
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4. North America education student in specialty: a student studying a particular academic specialty
a math major
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5. music musical key: a key or harmony based on a musical scale that has intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth notes major scale
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plural noun ma·jors |
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sports major leagues: the major leagues, e.g. in football or baseball
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1. of high standing: greater in importance than most others
a major recording artist
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2. significant: of considerable size, extent, degree, or significance
major bridge repairs
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3. serious: of great severity
a major illness
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4. large: great in number or proportion
A major part of the meeting was devoted to agreeing on our report.
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5. law of legal age: of the age at which a person is deemed fully responsible for his or her actions
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6. education of principal subject: relating to a subject studied as a specialty in a college or university
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7. music describes musical scale: describes a musical scale that has intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth notes
in a major key
a major sixth
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8. music describes musical interval: describes the interval between the keynote of a major scale and any other note in it, excluding the perfect intervals
a major sixth
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9. music describes musical key: describes a key that is based on a major scale
in B major
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intransitive verb (past and past participle ma·jored, present participle ma·jor·ing, 3rd person present singular ma·jors) |
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North America education study as course concentration: to make a particular subject the main field of study in a college or university
She majored in economics.
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| [13th century. < Latin, "greater" < magnus "great"] |
