MAJOR
\mˈe͡ɪd͡ʒə], \mˈeɪdʒə], \m_ˈeɪ_dʒ_ə]\
Definitions of MAJOR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics"
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a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major"
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greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings"
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greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"
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of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics"
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of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"
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British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
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of full legal age; "major children"
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of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major"
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of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness"
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of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major"
By Princeton University
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the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics"
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a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major"
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greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings"
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greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"
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(law) of full legal age; "major children"
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(music) of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major"
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of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics"
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of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"
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(British) of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Of greater dignity; more important.
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Of full legal age.
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An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
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A person of full age.
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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].
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A mayor.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Of greater dignity; more important.
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Of full legal age.
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An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
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A person of full age.
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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].
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A mayor.
By Noah Webster.
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Greater in number, extent, dignity, or quality; as, the major part of a day; in music, a half tone higher than the minor.
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A military officer next in rank above a captain.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Greater: (logic) the term of a syllogism which forms the predicate of the conclusion.
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A person of full age (21 years): an officer in rank between a captain and a lieutenant-colonel.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Greater in number, quantity, or extent; an epithot applied to the modes in which the third is four semitones above the tonic or key-note, and to intervals consisting of four semitones; forming or containing the predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism.
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An officer next in rank above a captain, and below a lieutenant-colonel; a person of full age to manage his own concerns; that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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