major
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major (plural majors), or, when used as a title before a person's name, Major
- A military rank between captain and lieutenant-colonel.
- He used to be a major in the army.
- This is Major Jones.
- A person of legal age.
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- (a person of legal age): minor
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Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“‘great’”), from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ-yes- "greater", comparative of *maǵ-, *meǵ-, "great".
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major
- Of great significance or importance.
- (music) Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
- (music) Containing the note which is a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.
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major (plural majors)
- (US) The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
- Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.
- (US) A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.
- She is a math major.
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to major (third-person singular simple present majors, present participle majoring, simple past and past participle majored)
- (US) To concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university.
- I have decided to major in mathematics.
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- Latvian: mažora
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major m.
- major (military)
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French military authorities have created in 1972 the rank of major (non-commissioned officer) which can easily be confounded with the rank of major (officer) used in many countries, provocating problems in allied forces communication.
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major m. (plural majors)
- major, the upper rank of French non-commissioned officers