1 [usuallybeforenoun] very large or important:
a major road * major international companies * to play a major role in sth * We have encountered major problems. * There were calls for major changes to the welfare system.
OPPMINOR
2 [notbeforenoun] (AmE, spoken) serious:
Never mind-it's not major.
3 (music) based on a SCALE (= a series of eight notes) in which the third note is two whole TONES/STEPS higher than the first note:
the key of D major
compareMINOR
4 (AmE) related to sb's main subject of study in college
سۆز تۈركۈمى: noun
1 [C] (abbreviation Maj.) an officer of fairly high rank in the army or the US air force:
Major Smith * He's a major in the US army.
seealsoDRUMMAJOR, SERGEANTMAJOR
2 [C] (AmE) the main subject or course of a student at college or university:
Her major is French.
compareMINOR
3 [C] (AmE) a student studying a particular subject as the main part of their course:
She's a French major.
4 [U] (music) a major key or scale:
to change from major to minor
5 (the majors) [pl.] (AmE, sport) the MAJORLEAGUES
سۆز تۈركۈمى: verb
PHRASALVERBS
major in sth (AmE) to study sth as your main subject at a university or college:
She majored in History at Stanford.
major on sth (BrE) to pay particular attention to one subject, issue, etc.
