major

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

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