major

adjective · noun · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more majormost major

Superlative

majour

1.
(attributive)Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.
2.
(attributive)Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
the major part of the assembly
Đồng nghĩa: main
3.
(attributive)Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.
The building underwent a major renovation.
Đồng nghĩa: considerable
4.
(attributive)Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.
to earn some major cash
a major exhibition
5.
(attributive)Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.
to suffer from a major illness
6.
Of full legal age, having attained majority.
major children
7.
(education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.
8.
Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. (of a scale)
major scale
9.
Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. (of an interval)
major third
10.
(postpositional)(of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.
11.
Bell changes rung on eight bells.
12.
(UK, dated)Indicating the elder of two brothers (or the eldest of three), appended to a surname in public schools.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

majorsmajour

1.
(military) A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel.
He used to be a major in the army.
2.
A person of legal age.
3.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of major key.
4.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of major interval.
5.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of major scale.
6.
A system of change-ringing using eight bells.
7.
A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie.
8.
(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US)(education, Canada, US, Australia, New Zealand) The principal subject or course 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.
Đồng nghĩa: course
9.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of major term.
10.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of major premise.
11.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)(bridge) Ellipsis of major suit.
12.
(Canadian)(Canadian football) A touchdown, or major score.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

majors

V_ing/Gerund

majoring

V_ed/pp

majoredmajour

1.
(intransitive)Used in a phrasal verb: major in.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

main considerable course

Trái nghĩa

minor

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (great, large; noble, important), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (greater), comparative of *meǵh₂- (great). Compare majoar major, majoor major, majeur. mayor.