major Meaning and Definition

1. a. greater in number or size or amount

2. a. greater in scope or effect

3. a. of full legal age

4. a. of a scale or mode

5. a. of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes

6. a. of greater importance or stature or rank

7. a. of greater seriousness or danger

8. n. the principal field of study of a student at a university

9. n. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain

10. n. a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject

11. n. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)

12. s. of the elder of two boys with the same family name

13. v. have as one's principal field of study