senior
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
< Latin senior (“‘older’”), comparative form of senex (“‘old’”); see senate.
[edit] Adjective
senior (comparative more senior, superlative most senior)
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- Older; superior
- Higher in rank within a publicly traded company or other organization.
- of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school or university.
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senior (plural seniors)
- an older person
- four years her senior
- a final-year student at a high school or university.
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- senior in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- senior in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin senior "older"
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senior
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senior (plural: seniors)
[edit] Latin
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senior (comparative of senex)
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- Third declension, comparative variation (3:COM).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | M.F. | N. | MM.FF. | NN. | |
| nominative | senior | senius | seniōrēs | seniōra | |
| genitive | seniōris | seniōris | seniōrum | seniōrum | |
| dative | seniōrī | seniōrī | seniōribus | seniōribus | |
| accusative | seniōrem | senius | seniōrēs | seniōra | |
| ablative | seniōre | seniōre | seniōribus | seniōribus | |
| vocative | senior | senius | seniōrēs | seniōra | |
