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English to English adjective
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of greater importance or stature or rank |  | Example: a major artist
a major role
major highways
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greater in scope or effect | | Example: a major contribution
a major improvement
a major break with tradition
a major misunderstanding
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greater in number or size or amount | | Example: a major portion (a majority) of the population
Ursa Major
a major portion of the winnings
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of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes | | Example: his major field was mathematics
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of a scale or mode | | Example: major scales
the key of D major
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of greater seriousness or danger | | Example: a major earthquake
a major hurricane
a major illness
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of full legal age | | source: wordnet30
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Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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of the elder of two boys with the same family name | | Example: Jones major
source: wordnet30 noun
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a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain | | source: wordnet30
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British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943) | | source: wordnet30
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a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject | | Example: she is a linguistics major
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the principal field of study of a student at a university | | Example: her major is linguistics
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An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer. | | source: webster1913 verb
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have as one's principal field of study | | Example: She is majoring in linguistics
source: wordnet30
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