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The correct spelling is major.
How to pronounce major
/ˈmeɪ.dʒə(ɹ)/
nounIPA: /ˈmeɪ.dʒə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Maj-or
The correct spelling is major. A military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel. For example: "He used to be a major in the army."
Usage Examples
“He used to be a major in the army.”
“Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.”
“She is a math major.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel.
- 2.The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
- 3.A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.
- 4.A person of legal age.
- 5.The major premise.
verb
- 1.To concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university
adjective
- 1.Of great significance or importance.
- 2.Greater in number, quantity, or extent
- 3.Of full legal age, having attained majority
- 4.Of a scale that follows the pattern: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone
- 5.Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
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