Dictionary Entry
major
major is a 5-letter English word with 21 senses as adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 21 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
Of greater dignity; more important.
- 3adjective
Of full legal age.
- 4adjective
Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.
- 5adjective
An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
- 6adjective
A person of full age.
- 7adjective
That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].
- 8adjective
A mayor.
- 9noun
the principal field of study of a student at a university
"her major is linguistics"
- 10noun
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
- 11noun
a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
"she is a linguistics major"
- 12noun
British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
- 13verb
have as one's principal field of study
"She is majoring in linguistics"
- 14adjective
greater in number or size or amount
"a major portion (a majority) of the population"
"Ursa Major"
- 15adjective
greater in scope or effect
"a major contribution"
"a major improvement"
- 16adjective
of full legal age
- 17adjective
of a scale or mode
"major scales"
"the key of D major"
- 18adjective
of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
"his major field was mathematics"
- 19adjective
of greater importance or stature or rank
"a major artist"
"a major role"
- 20adjective
of greater seriousness or danger
"a major earthquake"
"a major hurricane"
- 21adjective
of the elder of two boys with the same family name
"Jones major"
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