majors Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
   major league; big league.
   
2. noun a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
   major.
   
3. noun British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
   John Roy Major; Major; John Major; John R. Major.
   
4. noun a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
   major.
   
   • she is a linguistics major
5. noun the principal field of study of a student at a university
   major.
   
   • her major is linguistics
6. verb have as one's principal field of study
   major.
   
   • She is majoring in linguistics

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