junior status
- noun
- /ˈdʒuːniər ˈsteɪtəs/
:
estatus junior
- Seventy-five percent of respondents stated they were at junior status, with 22% at senior status and 2% at sophomore status.
Examples
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Sixty-seven percent of the sample are underclassmen (45% freshmen and 22% sophomores), with 15% of the sample reporting junior status and 17% reporting senior status.
Academic text (2007) -
Fifty-one percent of respondents reported transferring more than 56 semester or 84 quarter units and placing them at junior status with excess units for junior status.
Academic text (1997) -
However, differences were found when examining relative progress towards junior status after the second year of high school.
Academic text (2011) -
And he had been demoted quickly, as I understood it, from being the first, the more experienced, to a relatively junior status.
Fiction book (1994) -
His deputies hold senior rank on the council relative to the headmen's junior status.
Academic text (1990) -
Second, the two students who earned sophomore status due to credit recovery and the four students who came very close to earning sophomore status after credit recovery all earned junior status by the end of their second year of high school.
Academic text (2011) -
Nevertheless, upcoming changes at the University of California and some California State Universities will require 60 semester or 90 quarter units for transfer students to achieve junior level status and to get the full benefit of priority registration as a junior status student.
Academic text (1997) -
Fifty-one percent of respondents reported transferring more than 56 semester or 84 quarter units and placing them at junior status with excess units for junior status.
Academic text (1997) -
Many students aim to achieve junior status by completing their required coursework in the first two years of college.
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The company promotes employees to junior status after one year of successful performance in their roles.
Synonyms
4
7.0
Being in a lower position under someone else's control
2
7.6
A person who has a low rank in a group or at work
1
3.7
A position lower than others in work or society
1
3.5
A position lower than others in a group or at work
1
3.9
A position that people see as less important or powerful than others
Being in a low rank and expected to follow orders
Being less important or having less power than others
Antonyms
- Formal
1
4.9
A higher position that an organization gives to people with more years of work or experience
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the state of holding a lower rank' is directly and compositionally derived from 'junior' (lower-ranking) modifying 'status' (standing or rank). This adjective+noun pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Junior status comes from the idea of a junior being younger or in a lower school year and status meaning position. Picture a school where 'juniors' are one year below 'seniors' so they stand lower in rank, and that is why the phrase means 'holding a lower rank' today.