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/may"jeuhr/, n.1. a commissioned military officer ranking next below a lieutenant colonel and next above a captain.2. one of superior rank, ability, etc., in a specified class.3. Educ.a. a subject or field of study chosen by a student to represent his or her principal interest and upon which a large share of his or her efforts are concentrated: History was my major at college.b. a student engaged in such study.5. Music. a major interval, chord, scale, etc.a. Sports. the major leagues: He coached in the majors as well as in the minors.b. the companies or organizations that lead or control a particular field of activity: the oil majors.adj.7. greater in size, extent, or importance: the major part of the town.8. great, as in rank or importance: a major political issue; a major artist.9. serious or risky: a major operation.10. of or pertaining to the majority: the major opinion.11. of full legal age.12. Music.a. (of an interval) being between the tonic and the second, third, sixth, or seventh degrees of a major scale: a major third; a major sixth.b. (of a chord) having a major third between the root and the note next above it.13. pertaining to the subject in which a student takes the most courses: Her major field is English history.14. (cap.) (of one of two male students in an English public school who have the same surname) being the elder or higher in standing: Hobbes Major is not of a scientific bent.v.i.15. to follow a major course of study: He is majoring in physics.
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