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major

adjective US /ˈmeɪdʒər/

of greater importance or stature or rank

How often you will meet it

Rank 1,560 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,734 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.

What it means

adjective

  1. of greater importance or stature or rank a major artista major role
  2. greater in scope or effect a major contributiona major improvement
  3. greater in number or size or amount a major portion (a majority) of the populationUrsa Major
  4. of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes his major field was mathematics
  5. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees major scalesthe key of D major
  6. of greater seriousness or danger a major earthquakea major hurricane

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

major in real books

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  • We realized afterwards that our major mistake was asking too little money.

    William Gibson Interviewed · Giuseppe Salza · Chapter 1

  • I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.

    Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1

  • Major Brown was a V.C., and an able and distinguished soldier, but he was anything but a warlike person.

    The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1

  • Major Wingfield had not liked his overseer, but he had never had any ground to justify him making a change.

    With Lee in Virginia · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1

  • He is also a great stickler for etiquette, and prefers to be addressed as Major or Colonel, as the case may be.

    Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1

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