Meaning of major | Babel Free

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1. A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
2. : Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. Greater in number, quantity, or extent
3. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
4. Title for an army officer with the rank of major.
5. An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier.
6. To pursue academic studies in a major: majoring in mathematics.
7. Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest
8. An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States.
   countable, uncountable
9. A person of legal age.
10. A field of study that a student specializes in, or a student that is specializing in a particular field. To major in something is to study it as a specialty.
11. Greater in number, quantity, or extent
12. A village in the Rural Municipality of Prairiedale, No. 321, Saskatchewan, Canada.
    countable, uncountable
13. Ellipsis of major key.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
14. great, or greater, in size, importance etc. major and minor roads; a major discovery. groot عَظيم، كَبير، رَئيسي важен principal velký; větší bedeutend stor; vigtig μείζων, πολύ σημαντικός mayor, principal tähtsam اصلی pää- majeurגדול, חשוב बड़ा, मुख्य velik, važan nagyobb besar mikill, helstur, aðal-; mikilfenglegur maggiore, più importante 重要な 큰, 중요한 pagrindinis, didesnis, svarbesnis lielākais; nozīmīgākais besar hoofd-, belangrijk stor, hoved-, viktiggłówny, większy اصلى او اساسى principal...
    etc
15. Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope
16. Ellipsis of major interval.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
17. (with in) (American) to study a certain subject in which you specialize at college or university. She is majoring in philosophy. jou hoofvak is يَتَخَصَّص في موضوع رئيسي специализирам formar specializovat se auf das Hauptfach spezielisieren have ... som hovedfag παίρνω ειδίκευση (π.χ. στο κολέγιο) especializarse en peaainena õppima, eriala õppima درس خواندن opiskella pääaineenaan se spécialiser en לִלמוֹד כְּמִקצוֹעַ רָאשִי मुख्य विषय की पढ़ाई करना specijalizirati főtantárgynak választ mempel...
    with
18. Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree
19. Ellipsis of major scale.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
20. (often abbreviated to Maj.-Gen. when written) in the British army, (a person of) the rank next below lieutenant-general. majoor-generaal لِواء: رُتْبَه عَسْكَرِيَّه майор-генерал general generálmajor der Generalmajor generalmajor υποστράτηγος general de división kindralmajor سر لشگر kenraalimajuri général/-ale de division אלוף मेजर जनरल general bojnik vezérőrnagy mayor jenderal undirhershöfðingi maggior generale 陸軍少将 육군 소장 generolas majoras ģenerālmajors mejar jeneral generaal-majoorgeneralma...
    often abbreviated to
21. A system of change-ringing using eight bells.
22. legal adulthood (in Britain, eighteen years of age). He has not yet reached the age of majority. meerderjarigheid سِن الرُّشْد пълнолетие maioridade zletilost die Volljährigkeit myndighedsalder ενηλικίωσηmayoría de edad täisiga سن بلوغ täysi-ikäisyys majoritéבגרות वयस्कता की आयु punoljetnost nagykorúság tingkat dewasa lögræðisaldur maggiore età 成年 (법률상의) 성인 pilnametystė pilngadība cukup umur meerderjarigheidmyndighetsalderpełnoletność د بلوغ عمر maioridade majorat совершеннолетие plnoletosť p...
23. A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
24. Greater than others in importance or rank: a major artist.
25. The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
    Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US
26. Great in scope or effect: a major improvement.
27. A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study.
    Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US
28. Great in number, size, or extent: the major portion of the population.
29. Ellipsis of major term.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
30. Requiring great attention or concern; very serious: a major illness.
31. Ellipsis of major premise.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
32. Ellipsis of major suit.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
33. A touchdown, or major score.
    Canadian
34. A goal.
35. An elder brother (especially at a public school).
    British, dated, slang
36. A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.

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Examples

“He used to be a major in the army.”

“At the end of last year, the band re-signed to XL for another three albums, despite being chased by majors that included Island, says manager Mike Champion of Midi Management.”

“Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.”

“She is a math major.”

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