senior
- adjective
- /ˈsiː.njər/
- US
- This is what happens when you're so tired and it's the end of senior year and you're working on your portfolio.
- senior year
- senior student
- senior class
Um, by the time senior year rolled around
- Um, by the time senior year rolled around
- First day of school senior year by myself.
- But once we had senior year, girl, I would not go.
- But for junior and senior year, I didn't actually go to high school.
- But yeah, it was definitely a different kind of senior year, but it was awesome.
- I don't know, Senior year is playing mind games on me.
- And the, the final year, your senior year is all about leadership.
- I am in my senior year of Tuskegee University.
- And so anyway, I get out, I get back to school, you know, senior year is going on.
- Like dude signed up for classes for next semester my senior year.
- And my last piece of advice is prepare yourself for senior year.
- So I set myself a challenge of figuring out a prank by senior year.
Examples
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The last time I really was sure I knew what I wanted to do with my life was my senior year at Stanford.
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I am in my senior year of Tuskegee University.
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And the, the final year, your senior year is all about leadership.
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And so anyway, I get out, I get back to school, you know, senior year is going on.
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Did you wanna come here for your senior year?
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My son is a senior.
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I'm looking forward to my senior year and the chance to take an advanced class in photography.
Academic text (2008) -
You know, I've been thinking, start of senior year, then we got prom, graduation.
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When he scored fifty-three points against Deadwood his senior year, they were sure of it.
Fiction book (1993) -
This year, I am excited to celebrate my senior year of high school with my friends.
Synonyms
About the fourth and last year of high school or college
Antonyms
Compounds
A top company manager who leads major divisions and ranks above other vice presidents
- Informal
A short time when an older person forgets something or becomes confused
A school for teenagers who study grades nine to twelve after middle school
- Formal
A higher position that an organization gives to people with more years of work or experience
- Specialized
A high Air Force rank for senior enlisted members above master sergeant and below chief master sergeant
- Specialized
A high-ranking sailor in the US Navy or Coast Guard who leads and trains other sailors
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Etymology
Senior comes from the Latin senex meaning 'old', so in the US the 'senior' year is the last school year because those students are the most advanced. This is why senior here means 'relating to the fourth and final year'.