junior
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈdʒuː.njɚ/
- US
:
de tercer año
- I think I remember, I remember in my junior year high school.
- junior year
- junior and senior
- sophomore and junior
But to get back to the high school thing, my junior year we got beat by a better team.
- But to get back to the high school thing, my junior year we got beat by a better team.
- But we started like talking, yeah, junior year.
- But for junior and senior year, I didn't actually go to high school.
- I think I remember, I remember in my junior year high school.
- And this was so I left halfway through my junior year to with the development deal.
Examples
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My interest in photography began in my junior year at Clovis High School.
Academic text (2008) -
In her junior year of college, she began her internship at a local law firm.
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And it's like I turned it around junior year very suddenly.
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You only finish junior year once.
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I can go to Italy in my junior year.
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But yeah, guys, junior year of college, that's crazy.
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I have a brother who dropped out his junior year, and he hasn't been back since.
Fiction book (1993) -
It wasn't until junior year when we worked together on the year book that things got kind of serious.
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When he took the SATs in his junior year, he scored an even 1600.
Fiction book (1991) -
During my junior year in high school, I decided to take advanced placement courses.
Synonyms
34
3.0
About the third year of a school or college course
4
5.1
The one before the last in a series
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 schools it often means the third or next-to-last year, the year before 'senior'. This use shows 'junior' as the 'younger' year in the school cycle.