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major English

Meaning major meaning

What does major mean?
Definitions in simple English

major Adjective

— A major change, problem, event, etc. is a big and important one. We expected the change to cause a lot of problems, but in the end it wasn't as major as we had thought. Tom Cruise had a major part in the movie. He directed it and acted in it as the main character. — A major musical scale is the usual scale for music in western culture. The major scale starts two notes above the minor and more often sounds happy. That music could be D minor or F major.

major Noun

— A major is a subject area that is the main study of a student at a college or university. My major is Speech-Language Pathology, which is about problems people may have with talking. — A major is a military rank between captain and lieutenant-colonel. — A major is a person of the legal age of majority.

major Verb

— If you major in something, you concentrate on a single area of study as a student at a college or university. My mother majored in English but I will major in psychology.

major

— adjective of greater importance or stature or rank a major artist a major role major highways — adjective greater in scope or effect a major contribution a major improvement a major break with tradition a major misunderstanding — adjective greater in number or size or amount a major portion (a majority) of the population Ursa Major a major portion of the winnings — verb have as one's principal field of study She is majoring in linguistics — noun a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain — adjective of a scale or mode major scales the key of D major — adjective of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes his major field was mathematics — adjective of the elder of two boys with the same family name Jones major — adjective of full legal age — adjective of greater seriousness or danger a major earthquake a major hurricane a major illness — noun a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject she is a linguistics major — noun the principal field of study of a student at a university her major is linguistics

Major

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

Synonyms major synonyms

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major English » English

main important principal chief significant great big primary serious of age large weighty substantial specialization momentous grave specialisation special subject older lieutenant commander leading greater grand essential elder crucial adult wing commander vital speciality profound of the full legal age lieutenant key higher fundamental flat deep central cardinal capital basic ample world-shaking wise wide vigorous valuable university major transcendental

Major English » English

John Roy Major John R. Major John Major major lieutenant colonel field officer Colonel

Topics major topics

What do people use major to talk about?
Language and thought Teach

Subject of teaching
Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Soldier
Grammar General words Do

Change something
Grammar Very Degree

To a large degree
Person Healthy

Treat disease

Conjugation major conjugation

How do you conjugate major?

major · verb

Examples major examples

How do I use major in a sentence?

Simple sentences

What's your major?
What's your major field?
It seems the navy jets had a major screw-up in navigation and they bombed their own troops by mistake.
If they admit me to the university, I think I will major in economics.
That is your major problem.
From this we can derive the argument that major population shifts are not the result of economic change.
I major in economics.
Traffic is a major urban problem.
Reducing the budget deficit is a major concern of the government.
History is not his major subject.
My major is agriculture.
History is my major.
My major is medieval European history.
Guess what the managing director started off the meeting by saying. The first thing out of his mouth was an announcement of some major restructuring.
The methods used to overcome stress are different for men and women: drinking is the major method used by men, while women deal with stress by chatting.
The major result from recent investigations of Emmet's theory has been that it can be applied to biochemistry as well.
What did you major in at college?

Movie subtitles

For the first time in human history, we realised that our sun, with its eight major planets that go around it, is just one type of a planetary system, one example of billions.
Gangway! Major trauma coming through.
Hey, I have something major to tell you.
According to our informants, all the major defence companies have ceased their activities and the scandal caused by the information we've made public has pushed several Governments to start over and redirect their ambitions.
Listen, don't tell Mr. Holmes but the housekeeper tells me that the Major's wife on the second floor couldn't sleep the whole night.
I know you don't like me, Major.
Well, Major, what's your answer?
Good morning, Major.
Nice day, Major. - Yeah.
You're looking fine, Major.
Two hairpins, one cigarette lighter, one box of real matches. oh, yes, and this letter from Major.
Not the major.
Good day, Doctor. - Good day, Major.
No, Major.
Medical officer, Major Odilon Hubert.
I'm here with the major.
Here's a Dutch physicist and a Lebanese bureaucrat and the CEO of a major grocery concern.
His testimony may have a major impact for my client.
A major, perhaps?
Take charge of the case, Major.
Good evening, Major.
Dont let those sardines get away, Major.
Major Lenard.
Don't be so downhearted, Major.
Nice day, Major.
Mm-hmm. - You're looking fine, Major.
Narco-finance is a major revenue stream - for American black ops.
I'm totally useless. my first major step went wrong.
It was a major success.
Attack targets are the world's major cities and 7586 facilities.
To the back, Major.
Yes, Major.

News and current affairs

But the agreement has three major flaws.
As a species, human beings have a major self-control problem.
Major companies need to accept responsibility for their actions.
For decades, major oil companies, including Shell, ExxonMobil, and Chevron, have been producing oil in the Niger Delta, an ecologically fragile environment of freshwater swamp forests, mangroves, lowland rainforests, and coastal barrier islands.
Last year, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) issued a remarkable report on Ogoniland, a major ethnic homeland in the Niger Delta that has been at the epicenter of conflict between local communities and international oil.
Many major companies, including in the oil industry, have expressed their readiness to support sustainable development goals.
Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and other major oil companies should step forward and help to fund the necessary cleanup, ushering in a new era of responsibility.
Spanish workers are streaming into Romania, which until recently had been a major source of agricultural labor in Spain.
To be sure, fiscal deficits and emergency measures in advanced economies and some major developing countries have cushioned the sharp decline, substituting in part for missing consumers.
There are some major themes.
Diaspora populations are another major potential source of development financing.
It would remove two major sources of corruption and inefficiency: the customs service and the misuse of public funds in general.
Here, major states would have an interest in limiting damage by agreeing to cooperate on forensics and controls.
It is likely, however, that major governments will soon discover that the insecurity created by non-state cyber actors will require closer cooperation among governments.
Indeed, the opposite is true. Nuclear power is saddled with three major unresolved risks: plant safety, nuclear waste, and, most menacing of all, the risk of military proliferation.
Irish workers are leaving in droves to Canada, Australia, and the United States. Spanish workers are streaming into Romania, which until recently had been a major source of agricultural labor in Spain.
The second is a set of understandings and commitments among the major advanced and developing countries to rebalance the global economy in order to restore aggregate demand and growth.
If that can be accomplished, the world will have taken a major step toward a relatively smooth, effective, and equitable global economic recovery.
So what can be done to shore up global aggregate demand and growth prospects, while preserving the economic openness that has benefited major parts of the developing world so greatly in the past 30 years?
Externally, major trading partners and holders of advanced-country assets can support rebalancing by agreeing to avoid sudden and potentially destabilizing shifts in the composition of their balance sheets.
In some countries, including the United States, there are major political obstacles to taking even modest steps.

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