'Major' definitions:
Definition of 'major'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways" [ant: minor]
adjective
Greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding" [ant: minor]
adjective
Greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings" [ant: minor]
adjective
Of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics" [ant: minor]
adjective
Of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major" [ant: minor]
adjective
Of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness" [ant: minor]
adjective
adjective
Of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major"
noun
A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
noun
British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943) [syn: Major, John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major]
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"
verb
Have as one's principal field of study; "She is majoring in linguistics"
Definition of 'Major'
From: GCIDE
- Major \Ma"jor\, n. [F. major. See Major, a.]
- 1. (Mil.) An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) A person of full age. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Logic) 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]. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In hypothetical syllogisms, the hypothetical premise is called the major. [1913 Webster]
- 4. [LL. See Major.] A mayor. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Major'
From: GCIDE
- Major \Ma"jor\, [L. major, compar. of magnus great: cf. F. majeur. Cf. Master, Mayor, Magnitude, More, a.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of greater dignity; more important. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of full legal age; adult. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mus.) Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. [1913 Webster]
- Major key (Mus.), a key in which one and two, two and three, four and five, five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds.
- Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault.
- Major scale (Mus.), the natural diatonic scale, which has semitones between the third and fourth, and seventh and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees; the scale of the major mode, of which the third is major. See Scale, and Diatonic.
- Major second (Mus.), a second between whose tones is a difference in pitch of a step.
- Major sixth (Mus.), a sixth of four steps and a half step. In major keys the third and sixth from the key tone are major. Major keys and intervals, as distinguished from minors, are more cheerful.
- Major third (Mus.), a third of two steps. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'major'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a cut above,
- above,
- academic specialty,
- ADC,
- adult,
- ahead,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- area,
- ascendant,
- better,
- big,
- big-league,
- big-name,
- big-time,
- bigger,
- biggest,
- bigwig,
- bigwigged,
- brigadier,
- brigadier general,
- capital,
- capping,
- captain,
- chicken colonel,
- chief,
- chief of staff,
- chosen,
- classical education,
- CO,
- cock,
- colonel,
- commandant,
- commander,
- commander in chief,
- commanding officer,
- commissioned officer,
- company officer,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- core curriculum,
- course,
- course of study,
- critical,
- crucial,
- curriculum,
- dangerous,
- discipline,
- distinguished,
- dominant,
- dominating,
- double-barreled,
- earthshaking,
- eclipsing,
- elder,
- eldest,
- elective,
- eminent,
- exceeding,
- excellent,
- excelling,
- exec,
- executive officer,
- extensive,
- fell,
- field,
- field marshal,
- field officer,
- finer,
- first lieutenant,
- first-born,
- firstling,
- five-star general,
- foremost,
- former,
- four-star general,
- general,
- general education,
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- grand,
- grave,
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- jemadar,
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- key,
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- large,
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- legalis homo,
- liberal arts,
- lieutenant,
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- quadrivium,
- rare,
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- risaldar,
- rivaling,
- scientific education,
- self-important,
- seminar,
- senior,
- senior officer,
- serious,
- shavetail,
- significant,
- sirdar,
- sizable,
- specialty,
- staff officer,
- star,
- stellar,
- study,
- subahdar,
- subaltern,
- subdiscipline,
- subdominant,
- subject,
- sublieutenant,
- submediant,
- substantial,
- subtonic,
- super,
- superior,
- supertonic,
- surpassing,
- technical education,
- the brass,
- the Old Man,
- three-star general,
- tonality,
- tonic,
- tonic key,
- top brass,
- topping,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- transcending,
- trivium,
- two-star general,
- ugly,
- upper,
- vital,
- woman,
- world-shaking,
- worst
Major -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Major -- U.S. County in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
7545
Housing Units (2000) :
3540
Land area (2000) :
956.759846 sq. miles (2477.996521 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
1.105637 sq. miles (2.863587 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
957.865483 sq. miles (2480.860108 sq. km)
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
36.313820 N, 98.448638 W
Words containing 'Major'
- Majorate,
- Majoration,
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- Majority,
- majors,
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- absolute majority,
- age of majority,
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- musculus pectoralis major,
- musculus rhomboideus major,
- musculus teres major,
- rhomboideus major muscle,
- scale of c major,
- scipio africanus major,
- teres major muscle,
- variola major virus,
- major-league club,
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- publius cornelius scipio africanus major