major

Definitions of major in various dictionaries:

noun - a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines

noun - British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)

noun - a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

noun - the principal field of study of a student at a university

verb - have as one's principal field of study

adj - of greater importance or stature or rank

adj - greater in scope or effect

adj - greater in number or size or amount

adj - of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes

adj - of a scale or mode

adj - of greater seriousness or danger

adj - of full legal age

adj - of the elder of two boys with the same family name

Greater than others in importance or rank: a major artist.

Great in scope or effect: a major improvement.

Great in number, size, or extent: the major portion of the population.

Requiring great attention or concern; very serious: a major illness.

Having attained full legal age.

Of or relating to the field of academic study in which a student specializes.

Music.

Designating a scale or mode having half steps between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth degrees.

Equivalent to the distance between the tonic note and the second or third or sixth or seventh degrees of a major scale or mode: a major interval.

Based on a major scale: major key.

Abbr.

A comissioned rank in the U.

A similar rank in another military or paramilitary organization.

One who holds this rank.

One that is superior in rank, importance, or ability: an oil-producing country considered as one of the majors.

One who has reached full legal age.

A field of study chosen as an academic specialty.

A student specializing in such studies: a linguistics major.

Logic.

A major premise.

A major term.

A major scale, key, interval, or mode.

verb - to pursue a specific principal course of study

MAJOR - Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world....