major
1. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines;
below lieutenant colonel and above captain (Freq. 2)
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
commissioned military officer
2. a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
- she is a linguistics major
• Hypernyms:
student, pupil, educatee
3. the principal field of study of a student at a university
- her major is linguistics
• Hypernyms:
discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field,
field of study, study, bailiwick
have as one's principal field of study (Freq. 2)
- She is majoring in linguistics
• Hypernyms:
study
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
1. of greater importance or stature or rank (Freq. 38)
- a major artist
- a major role
- major highways
• Ant:
minor
• Similar to:
leading, prima, star, starring, stellar
2. greater in scope or effect (Freq. 25)
- a major contribution
- a major improvement
- a major break with tradition
- a major misunderstanding
• Ant:
minor
3. greater in number or size or amount (Freq. 22)
- a major portion (a majority) of the population
- Ursa Major
- a major portion of the winnings
• Ant:
minor
• Similar to:
better
• Derivationally related forms:
majority
• Attrubites:
majority, bulk
4. of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes (Freq. 1)
- his major field was mathematics
• Ant:
minor
5. of a scale or mode (Freq. 1)
- major scales
- the key of D major
• Ant:
minor
• Topics:
music
6. of greater seriousness or danger
- a major earthquake
- a major hurricane
- a major illness
• Ant:
minor
7. of full legal age
• Ant:
minor
• Derivationally related forms:
majority
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
8. of the elder of two boys with the same family name
- Jones major
• Similar to:
senior
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
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