major

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈmeɪʤɚ/
• SAMPA: /"meIdZ@`/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧jor

Adjective

Positive major

Comparative more major

Superlative most major

1. (countable) 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.

2. (music) 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.

Antonyms

• minor

Noun

Singular major

Plural majors

1. (countable) 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.

2. (countable) A major is a military rank between captain and lieutenant-colonel.
3. (countable) A major is a person of the legal age of majority.

Antonyms

• (person of legal age): minor

Related words

• majority
• majorly
• majorant
• major key
• major chord
• major general / major-general
• major league / major-league

Verb

Plain form major

Third-person singular majors

Past tense majored

Past participle majored

Present participle majoring

1. 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.