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major
Adjective
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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.
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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
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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.
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A major is a military rank between captain and lieutenant-colonel.
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A major is a person of the legal age of majority.
major
Verb
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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.
arch
Noun
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A semi-circle shape, like an inverted "U".
Robert drew an arch on the paper.
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Any object having the shape of an arch, from stone bridges and doorways to bows.
They went through the arch into the church.
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A part of the foot, on the bottom, which is shaped like an arch.
She stepped on a nail and hurt the arch of her foot.
arch
Verb
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To make into the shape of an arch.
The cat arched its back.
arch
Prefix
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Arch added to the start of a word signifies it is important or the most important
An archbishop is a senior bishop.
-book villains may be an arch-enemy.