major
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
- of greater importance or stature or rank a major artista major role
- greater in scope or effect a major contributiona major improvement
- greater in number or size or amount a major portion (a majority) of the populationUrsa Major
- of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes his major field was mathematics
- (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
- of greater seriousness or danger a major earthquakea major hurricane
major in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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We realized afterwards that our major mistake was asking too little money.
William Gibson Interviewed · Giuseppe Salza · Chapter 1
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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
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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
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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
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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