11 dictionary results for: major
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ma·jor
[mey-jer] Pronunciation Key
[mey-jer] Pronunciation Key –noun
–adjective
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain. |
| 2. | one of superior rank, ability, etc., in a specified class. |
| 3. | Education.
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| 4. | a person of full legal age (opposed to minor). |
| 5. | Music. a major interval, chord, scale, etc. |
| 6. | the majors,
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| 7. | greater in size, extent, or importance: the major part of the town. |
| 8. | great, as in rank or importance: a major political issue; a major artist. |
| 9. | serious or risky: a major operation. |
| 10. | of or pertaining to the majority: the major opinion. |
| 11. | of full legal age. |
| 12. | Music.
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| 13. | pertaining to the subject in which a student takes the most courses: Her major field is English history. |
| 14. | (initial capital letter ) (of one of two male students in an English public school who have the same surname) being the elder or higher in standing: Hobbes Major is not of a scientific bent. |
| 15. | to follow a major course of study: He is majoring in physics. |
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Ma·jor
[mey-jer] Pronunciation Key
[mey-jer] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Clarence, born 1936, U.S. novelist and poet. |
| 2. | John, born 1943, British political leader: prime minister 1990–97. |
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| ma·jor
(mā'jər) Pronunciation Key
adj.
n.
intr.v. ma·jored, ma·jor·ing, ma·jors To pursue academic studies in a major: majoring in mathematics. [Middle English majour, from Latin māior; see meg- in Indo-European roots.] |
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| Ma·jor
(mā'jər) Pronunciation Key
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
major (adj.)
major (adj.)
c.1400, from L. major (earlier *magjos), irregular comp. of magnus "large, great" (see magnate). Used in music (of modes, scales, or chords) since 1694, on notion of an interval a half-tone greater than the minor. The verb meaning "focus (one's) studies" is 1924, from noun in sense of "subject of specialization" (1890). The adv. form majorly emerged c.1990.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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major (n.)
major (n.)
military rank, 1643, from Fr., short for sergent-major, originally a higher rank than at present, from M.L. major "chief officer, magnate, superior person," from L. major "an elder, adult," noun use of the adjective (see major (adj.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| major | |
adjective | |
| 1. | of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways" [ant: minor] |
| 2. | greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding" [ant: minor] |
| 3. | greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings" [ant: minor] |
| 4. | of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics" [ant: minor] |
| 5. | of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major" [ant: minor] |
| 6. | of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness" [ant: minor] |
| 7. | of full legal age [ant: minor] |
| 8. | of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major" |
noun | |
| 1. | a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain |
| 2. | British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943) |
| 3. | a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major" |
| 4. | the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics" |
verb | |
| 1. | have as one's principal field of study; "She is majoring in linguistics" |
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ma·jor
Function: noun
: a person who has attained majority —compare MINOR
Main Entry: ma·jor
Function: noun
: a person who has attained majority —compare MINOR
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Major County, OK (county, FIPS 93) Location: 36.31131 N, 98.54189 W
Population (1990): 8055 (3855 housing units)
Area: 2478.2 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Major
Ma"jor\, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor, Magnitude, More, a.]1. 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. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak. 3. Of full legal age. [Obs.] 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. Major axis (Geom.), the greater axis. See Focus, n., 2. Major key (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. Major premise (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term. Major scale (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See Scale, and Diatonic. Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step. Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful. Major term (Logic), that term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion. Major third (Mus.), a third of two steps.
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Major
Ma"jor\, n. [F. major. See Major, a.]1. (Mil.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer. 2. (Law) A person of full age. 3. (Logic) That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference]. Note: In hypothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise is called the major. 4. [LL. See Major.] A mayor. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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