junior
140
2.4
- noun
- /ˈdʒuː.njɚ/
- US
:
estudiante de tercer año
- Her husband Clyde died when I was a junior in college.
- juniors and seniors
- juniors and sophomores
- freshmen and juniors
Her husband Clyde died when I was a junior in college.
- Her husband Clyde died when I was a junior in college.
- And now how many of you are freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors?
- I was in an oratorical contest as a junior at East High School.
Examples
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Chuck was a junior in high school singing in a band and dancing like Jagger during the instrumental breaks.
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Now 25, Perez is a junior at the University of California, Riverside.
Academic text (2017) -
So this year, this is my junior year, it felt like the first.
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I remember in my junior year high school.
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Then, when Robert was 16 and a junior, his parents found out and everything changed.
Fiction book (1992) -
I haven't had a drink since the junior year of high school.
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I was in an oratorical contest as a junior at East High School.
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When he was a junior, Patrick started seeing Brad on the weekends in secret.
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Ayse, a second-semester junior enrolled in the YAL course, visited me often during office hours.
Academic text (2012) -
Kerry Pacer is 16 years old and a junior at White County High School.
Antonyms
Compounds
5
4.5
A school or college sports team below the main team, often for younger players
- US
3
2.1
The year before the final year in high school or college, usually the third of four years
- Specialized
1
6.4
A boxer in a weight class with a limit of 154 pounds or 70 kilograms
1
1.4
A school for children aged seven to eleven after infant school and before secondary school
- Specialized
1
6.5
An officer rank in the US Navy and Coast Guard above ensign and below lieutenant
- Specialized
1
5.5
A boxing weight class for fighters who weigh no more than 130 pounds
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Etymology
Junior comes from the Latin juvenis 'young' and in US colleges it names a student in the third year, because that year comes before the final 'senior' year. So a college 'junior' is the 'younger' year just before senior year.