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Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From F. #French|major.

Noun
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en-noun, or, when used as a title before a person's name, Major

1. A military rank between captain and lieutenant-colonel.

#*He used to be a major in the army.
#*This is Major Jones.

1. A person of legal age.
2. 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.

1. A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.

#*She is a math major.

Antonyms
(2): minor

Translations
trans-top|A military rank
Dutch: f
Finnish: majuri
French: majeur m
trans-mid
Italian: maggiore m
Portuguese: major m
trans-bottom

ttbc|Dutch: majoor m
mid

Related terms
majority
sergeant-major

Etymology 2
Middle English major, borrowed from L. maior (comparative of magnus), from Proto-Indo-European *maǵ-yes- "greater", comparative of *maǵ-, *meǵ-, "great".

Adjective
major

1. Of great significance or importance.
2. music Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
3. music Containing the note which is a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.

Antonyms
minor

Translations
Dutch: belangrijk
Finnish: tärkeä
French: majeur m, majeure f
Greek, Modern: �αγμα�ά��η�

Verb
en-verb

1. To concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university.

#* I have decided to major in mathematics.

Translations to be checked
ttbc|Latvian: mažora

French

Etymology
Short form of sergent-major.

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. #Noun|major

Latin
orthographic variant of maior

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