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English Definitions
major
N
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
Major
N
British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
major
N
a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
major
N
the principal field of study of a student at a university
major
V
have as one's principal field of study
major
of greater importance or stature or rank
major
greater in scope or effect
major
greater in number or size or amount
major
of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
major
of greater seriousness or danger
major
of the elder of two boys with the same family name
N
any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
N
the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci
N
(psychiatry) a state of depression with all the classic symptoms (anhedonia and lethargy and sleep disturbance and despondency and morbid thoughts and feelings of worthlessness and sometimes attempted suicide) but with no known organic dysfunction
N
a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th
N
one of two major fast days on the Jewish calendar
N
any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar
N
a key whose harmony is based on the major scale
N
the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
N
a member of a major-league baseball team
N
the maximum lobe in the radiation pattern which is intended to be along the forward axis and which gives the effect of a beam
N
a key whose harmony is based on the major scale
N
(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
N
a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
N
the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
N
the premise of a syllogism that contains the major term (which is the predicate of the conclusion)
major scale
N
a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th
N
(bridge) a suit of superior scoring value, either spades or hearts
N
any surgical procedure that involves anesthesia or respiratory assistance
N
the term in a syllogism that is the predicate of the conclusion
N
tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
N
tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
N
tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired
N
the chief steward or butler of a great household
N
a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general
N
a team that plays in a major league
N
a team that plays in a major league
N
small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum
N
aromatic European plant native to Mediterranean and Turkey; not widespread in Europe
Majorca
N
the largest of the Balearic Islands
N
a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band
majorette
N
a female drum major
majority
N
the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part
majority
N
(elections) more than half of the votes
majority
N
the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
N
leader of the majority party in a legislature
N
a threshold operation in which each operand is 0 or 1; output is 1 if and only if more than half the operands have the value 1
N
the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion')
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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