major

Definition

• n. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
• n. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
• n. a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
• n. the principal field of study of a student at a university

Word forms

Present participle

majoring

Past tense

majored

Third person singular

majors

Past participle

majored

Example sentences

1. n.

   She decided to choose psychology as her major in college.

2. a.

   The major issue we need to address is the lack of funding.

3. vi.

   He plans to major in biology because he loves studying living organisms.

4. n.

   In this chart, the major scale indicates the most important data points.