major
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3.7
- adjective
- /ˈmeɪdʒər/
:
de la especialidad
- Are you going to major in English?
- major field of study
- major field
- major courses
So in your major courses, you should see some CLA performance tasks.
- So in your major courses, you should see some CLA performance tasks.
Examples
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A&M was one of the few major universities that offered him a scholarship.
Fiction book (2002) -
I wanna major in civil law.
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I understand the material in my major classes at least as well as most other students.
Academic text (2015) -
I thought she wanted to change her major and study drama or art.
Fiction book (1999) -
So in your major courses, you should see some CLA performance tasks.
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Although interested in history, I chose to major in Bible, then I switched to sociology.
Academic text (1992) -
I major in history.
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You're gonna major in journalism or law, not... not rowing.
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I decided to major in environmental science because I want to help protect the planet.
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Students at the university can major in a variety of subjects, including psychology and engineering.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
12
4.0
A serious operation on the body that doctors do while you are asleep and that has more risk
- Specialized
1
3.7
A set of seven notes with whole steps except half steps between the third and fourth and seventh and eighth
- Specialized
1
6.8
A senior soldier who helps run a group of soldiers and manages discipline and administration
- Specialized
1
6.1
A period of severe sadness and loss of interest that makes daily life hard
- Specialized
1
7.4
A general statement that includes the main word in the conclusion, for example 'All humans are mortal'
- Specialized
1
9.2
A severe, common form of smallpox that often caused fever, many skin sores, and many deaths
- Archaic
An intense seizure when a person loses consciousness and their whole body shakes strongly
- Specialized
A garden plant with star-shaped white or pink flowers and leaves in a low clump
- Specialized
A serious mental illness that causes very low or very high mood
- Specialized
The longest straight line through an ellipse that passes through its two special inner points
- Specialized
A common eight-note pattern in Western music with small steps between third and fourth and seventh and eighth
- Specialized
A main group of words like nouns, verbs, and adjectives that show a word's role in a sentence
- Archaic
Strong medicine that calms people with serious mental illness like schizophrenia
- Specialized
A large chest muscle that pulls the arm toward the body and turns it inward
- Specialized
A back muscle that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine
- Specialized
A muscle in the upper arm that pulls the arm back and turns it inward toward the body
- Specialized
A muscle in the upper back that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine
- Specialized
A large chest muscle that helps move the arm toward the body and turn it
- Specialized
A thick round muscle in the upper back that turns the arm toward the body
- Specialized
A muscle in the upper back that moves the arm and turns it inward
- Specialized
A severe inherited blood disease that causes very low red blood cells and needs regular transfusions
- Specialized
A trailing evergreen plant with shiny green and white leaves and blue or purple flowers
- Formal
A strong natural event like an earthquake or flood that you cannot stop and that stops normal life
How Central
Surface Forms
Etymology
Major comes from the Latin word maior meaning 'greater', so as an adjective it describes the 'main' or most important subject at university. That's why we call someone's principal field their major.