major

ma|jor1 [ `meıdʒər ] adjective ***

1. ) usually before noun important, serious, large, or great:

Major roadwork ahead.

a major factor: Age is a major factor affecting chances of employment.

a major problem/obstacle: one of the major problems facing our planet

major change: Further major changes were recommended by the board.

a ) more important, more serious, larger, or greater than other things:

Our major concern is how to give everyone a fair chance.

The major attraction is a huge clock in the entrance hall.

b ) be major SPOKEN to be very important

2. ) relating to a musical SCALE with HALF STEPS between the third and fourth and the seventh and eighth musical notes

─ opposite MINOR

major

ma|jor 2 [ `meıdʒər ] noun count *

1. ) an officer of middle rank in the military, the MARINES, or the U.S. air force

2. ) a student's main subject at a college or university

a ) someone who is studying a particular subject as their main subject:

a political science major

3. ) the majors plural AMERICAN the MAJOR LEAGUES

major

ma|jor 3 [ `meıdʒər ] verb

`major in phrasal verb transitive

major in something to study something as your main subject at a college or university:

She's majoring in physics.