major
- Noun. a military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel.
- Adjective. of great significance or importance.
- Adjective. (music) being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
- Adjective. (music) containing the note which is a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.
- Adjective. (context, Canadian football) an alternate term for touchdown; short for "major score".
- Noun. the main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
- Noun. a student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.
- Noun. a person of legal age.
- Verb. to concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university.
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