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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.
control
Noun
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If you have control over someone or something, you can make it do what you want.
He should try to take control and tell the other handlers what to do.
in the rain, he had lost control on the wet surface and spun off the road.
The country fell under the direct control of the army.
They are trying to keep tighter control over spending.
The government will demand improved pollution control systems for all factories.
Most companies devote some resources to quality control and product testing.
Unless birth control methods are used, sooner or later the woman is likely to get pregnant.
The continuing Soviet desire for arms control led to a SALT II treaty.
The brain's control systems tend to decline with age so that, for instance, our balance gets less good.
The experimental group took the medicine while the control group took a sugar pill.
Suddenly the airplane went out of control and started diving.
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A control is a button, switch, dial, etc. that lets you make a machine do what you want.
If you turn off your TV with the remote control, it continues to use a quarter of normal power.
She touched the volume control and the sound dropped.
control
Verb
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If you control something, you make it do what you want.
Too many people are overweight because they can't control their eating behaviour.
The company is controlled by a New York businessman.
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If you control something, you do not let its numbers or size grow too much.
The new plan should control inflation.
field
Noun
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A field is an open area of land that can be used for many different things, from sports to crop-growing.
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A field is an area of study or work.
He was an expert in the field of American history.
field
Verb
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If you field something, you answer it; you address it.
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If you field the team, you place them in the game.