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major Definition
(a)
of
greater
importance
or
stature
or
rank
; "
a
major
artist
"; "
a
major
role
"; "
major
highways
"
(a)
greater
in
scope
or
effect
; "
a
major
contribution
"; "
a
major
improvement
"; "
a
major
break
with
tradition
"; "
a
major
misunderstanding
"
(a)
greater
in
number
or
size
or
amount
; "
a
major
portion
(
a
majority
)
of
the
population
"; "
Ursa
Major
"; "
a
major
portion
of
the
winnings
"
(a)
of
the
field
of
academic
study
in
which
one
concentrates
or
specializes
; "
his
major
field
was
mathematics
"
(a)
of
a
scale
or
mode
; "
major
scales
"; "
the
key
of
D
major
"
(a)
of
greater
seriousness
or
danger
; "
a
major
earthquake
"; "
a
major
hurricane
"; "
a
major
illness
"
(a)
of
full
legal
age
; "
major
children
"
(n)
a
commissioned
military
officer
in
the
United
States
Army
or
Air
Force
or
Marines
;
below
lieutenant
colonel
and
above
captain
(n)
British
statesman
who
was
prime
minister
from
1990
until
1997
(
born
in
1943
)
(n)
a
university
student
who
is
studying
a
particular
field
as
the
principal
subject
; "
she
is
a
linguistics
major
"
(n)
the
principal
field
of
study
of
a
student
at
a
university
; "
her
major
is
linguistics
"
(v)
have
as
one
''
s
principal
field
of
study
; "
She
is
majoring
in
linguistics
"
major Synonyms
John Major
John R. Major
John Roy Major
major
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