Definition of "major"
- noun
A military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel.
The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.
A person of legal age.
The major premise.
An alternate term for touchdown; short for "major score".
- adjective
Of great significance or importance.
Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
Containing the note which is a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.
- verb
To concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university.
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