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Definition: Major |
MajorAdjective1. Of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways". 2. Greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding". 3. Greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings". 4. Of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics". 5. (music) of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major". 6. Of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness". 7. (law) of full legal age; "major children". 8. (British) of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major". Noun1. A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain. 2. A university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major". 3. The principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics". Verb1. Have as one's principal field of study; "She is majoring in linguistics". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Major" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a council spear". |
Date "major" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Education | In art. Source: European Union. (references) |
Public Administration | The principal field of study of a student at a university, etc. (1). Source: European Union. (references) |
| Senior Officer, category OF-3, Army, UK. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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The Grand Slam of golf consists of four major golfing events held each year as part of the PGA TOUR. In order of their playing date, the four events that make up golf's Grand Slam are:In December of each year since 1979, following these four major tournaments, the PGA holds a special two-day, 36-hole stroke-play competition exclusively for those players who have won one of the four major championships. This PGA Grand Slam of Golf tournament provides a prize of $1 million and initially was played at a different golf course each year. Since 1994, the Poipu Bay Golf Course on the Hawaiian island of Kauai has been the tournament's permanent home.
- May - The Masters
- June - US Open
- July - British Open
- August - PGA Championship
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In the US Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a commissioned officer superior to a captain and inferior to a colonel. The equivalent rank in the US Navy is Lieutenant Commander. The insignia for all four positions is a gold oak leaf.
The term major also refers to the primary focus of a Bachelor's degree
The term major can refer to a major scale in music.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Major."
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In music theory, the major scale is one of the diatonic scales. It is made up of eight notes, divided into two groups of four, the tetrachords. The pattern of steps in each tetrachord is, in ascending order:
The major scale (and most other western scales) has eight notes - an octave. At the piano keyboard, the simplest major scale is C major (see figure 1). It is unique in that it is the only major scale to use only the white notes, and therefore no sharps or flats on the musical staff.
- tone, tone, semitone, tone
Figure 1. The C major scaleWhen writing out major (and minor scales), every line and space on the stave has to be filled, and no note can have more than one accidental. This has the effect of forcing the key signature to feature just sharps or just flats; ordinary major scales never include both.
Constructing major scales
Analyzing scales with sharps
Scales and key signatures are closely linked in music. It is necessary to construct a key signature - consisting of a number of sharps or flats - in order to know which notes a particular major scale will have. An easy, but time consuming, way to do this would be to use the pattern of tone/tone/semitone/etc... given above. If we choose to write the scale of D-major, we know immediately that the scale begins on a D. The next note will be a tone above - an E. The note after that will also be a tone above, however it is not simply an F as would seem obvious. Because the difference between an E and an F is actually a semitone (look on a piano keyboard, there is no 'black note' in-between them) it is necessary to raise the F to become an F-sharp to achieve a difference of a whole tone.
This could be followed to create a whole scale, with all the sharps (or with a different scale, flats) put correctly in. However a cleverer way of constructing scales arises from analysing patterns in the whole series of major scales. Starting on the scale of C-major, there exists no sharps or flats. If you start a new scale on the 5th of C-major - G-major - you will find one sharp, augmenting the F. Starting the scale on the 5th of G major (a D) it will be necessary to put 2 sharps in - an F-sharp and a C-sharp. Writing this pattern out for all the scales looks like this:
C maj - 0 sharps G maj - 1 sharp - F# (meaning F-sharp) D maj - 2 sharps - F#, C# A maj - 3 sharps - F#, C#, G# E maj - 4 sharps - F#, C#, G#, D# B maj - 5 sharps - F#, C#, G#, D#, A# F# maj - 6 sharps - F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E# C# maj - 7 sharps - F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#, B#In this table it can be seen that for each new scale (starting on the fifth of the previous scale) it is necessary to add a new sharp. The order of sharps which need to be added follows: F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#, B#. This pattern of the sharps can be easily remembered through the use of the mnemonic:
F C G D A E B Father Charles Goes Down And Ends BattleLooking closer, the last accidental added matches the tonic (first note) of the scale two-fifths before it (in this table, two lines up.) A useful rule for use in recognising major scales with sharps is that the tonic is also always one note above the last sharp.
Analysing major scales with flats
A similar table can be constructed for major scales with flats in them. In this case each new scale starts on the 5th below the previous one:
C maj - 0 flats F maj - 1 flat - Bb (meaning B-flat) Bb maj - 2 flats - Bb Eb Eb maj - 3 flats - Bb Eb Ab Ab maj - 4 flats - Bb Eb Ab Db Db maj - 5 flats - Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Gb maj - 6 flats - Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb Cb maj - 7 flats - Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb FbHere, a similar pattern can be recognised, each new scale keeps all the flats of the previous scale but adds a new one following the sequence: Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb, Fb. Interestingly this is the direct inverse of the pattern of sharps given above. Luckily (!) the mnemonic can now be reversed to form the sentence:
B E A D G C F Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles' Father.Again there is a similar, but reversed, relationship between tonics and accidentals. The tonic matches the second to last flat added on.
The circle of fifths
The information gathered from analysing scales can be used in constructing the circle of fifths:
This is a useful way of finding key signatures of major scales. Starting clockwise from the top C each new letter represents a new scale, a fifth above the one before it. This means that each new scale (clockwise) requires an extra sharp to be added to its key signature. The exact sharps to be added are found by reading off the letters starting from the F (to the left of the C.) For example, if we needed to know how many, and which, sharps a scale of E major requires, we note that E is at position 4 - it requires 4 sharps. These sharps are (reading off from F): F#, C#, G#, D#. If you were faced with a key signature of 5 sharps, you would count off 5 from the top to arrive at B - it is the scale of B major.
Fig 2. The B-major scaleSimilarly, key signatures with flats can be created. Each new letter starting from F represents a new scale, and the position of the letter indicates how many flats it has. The actual flats are read anticlockwise from the Bb on position 2. Ab is on position 2, so it has 2 flats: Bb and Eb.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Major scale."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| MACOM | English | Major command | Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: MajorSynonym: major(ip) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: minor (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds; major suit, minor suit. |
Greatness | Principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part; bulk, mass; (whole). |
Judeo-Christian Revelation | Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate, Pentateuch; Octateuch; the Law, the Jewish Law, the Prophets; major Prophets, minor Prophets; Hagiographa, Hagiology; Hierographa; Apocrypha. |
Master | The authorities, the powers that be, the government; staff, etat major, aga, official, man in office, person in authority; sircar, sirkar, Sublime Porte. |
Marshal, field marshal, marechal; general, generalissimo; commander in chief, seraskier, hetman; lieutenant general, major general; colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant major; color sergeant; corporal, corporal major; lance corporal, acting corporal; drum major; captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon. | |
Money | Paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order, postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat; blueback, hundi, shinplaster. |
Major coin, crown; minor coin. | |
Superiority | Adjective: superior, greater, major, higher; exceeding; Verb:great; distinguished, ultra; vaulting; more than a match for. |
Whole | Bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages; trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part; essential part; (importance).; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; the long and the short; nearly, all, almost all. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Major |
| English words defined with "major": Havildar major ♦ major affective disorder, Major key, major premise, major premiss, major scale, Major sixth. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "major": Friars Major ♦ major cutting edge, major delivery, Major land resource area, major manageable accident, MAJOR MARKETER, Major Modification, Major NATO Commanders, MAJOR OIL PRODUCER, major parameters, major principal plane, Major Stationary Sources ♦ SUPERVISOR, MAJOR APPLIANCE ASSEMBLY. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "major": mayoral. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Major" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (major), German (major, squadron leader), Hungarian (Barton, croft, farm, farm-stead, grange), Latin (adult, an elder, major), Portuguese (major), Romanian (big, greater, important, major, sergeant), Serbo-Croatian (major), Swedish (major, Squadron leader). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | What is your major malfunction, numbnuts (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr) There is a major network interested in me. (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) A major one. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) All major theme parks have delays (Jurassic Park; writing credit: Michael Crichton) Major Strasser is here, sir (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison) | |
Lyrics | Man it's a major (Uh Huh; performing artist: B2K) When he signed a major label record contract (Deception; performing artist: Blackalicious) Ground Control to Major Tom (Space Oddity; performing artist: David Bowie) Major numbers the first week (Count It Off; performing artist: Jade) A yo you see that a major, tellin my flavor (Firm All Stars; performing artist: The Firm) | |
Clever | Exceptionally Well Qualified: Made no major blunders yet. (references; author: unknown) WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Le Major Plum Pouding (1969) Major Vihr (1967) The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961) Der Major und die Stiere (1955) | |
Song Titles | Major Tom (Coming Home) (performing artist: Peter Schilling) | |
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 | Using recombinant DNA technology, a transgenic mouse has been engineered whose bone marrow is protected from the toxic effects of chemotherapy by expression of the MDR 1 gene. This animal system allows rapid screening of drugs which inhibit the multidrug transporter and heralds a new era of using transgenic animals for pharmacologic screening. Multidrug resistance resulting from expression of an energy-dependent drug efflux pump encoded by the human MDR gene is a major impediment to effective cancer therapy. Credit: Jeannie Kelly (artist). |  | The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) is the country's critical epidemiology training service, combating the causes of major epidemics. Over the past 50 years, EIS officers have played pivotal roles in combating the root causes of major epidemics. Credit: CDC. |
 | Child with last case of variola major, Bangladesh. Credit: CDC. |  | Pilot Major Cecil Powell and the X-24A on Lakebed. Credit: NASA. |
 | Mars and Syrtis Major. Credit: NASA. |  | Astronomer Laura Danly of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has taken a major step ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Using the Hubble telescope, two international teams of astronomers are reporting major ... Credit: NASA. |  | Global mosaic of Mars. Syrtis Major region. Reproduced from Volume 14 of theMars Digital Image Model (MDIM) CD-ROM set. Credit: NASA. |
 | Global images taken by the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2on the Hubble Space Telescope. The top image is the Valles Marineris region(centered on roughly 60 degrees longitude), the middle image is the Tharsis region(centered on roughly 160 degrees longitude), and the bottom image is theSyrtis Major region (centered on roughly 270 degrees longitude).These three images are individual frames from one press release photograph. Credit: NASA. |  | The Sulaiman Mountains are a major geological feature of Pakistan and one of the bordering ranges of the Indian subcontinent. Credit: NASA. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Major Oak" by Adam Brown Commentary: "This is Major Oak, a very old tree Sherwood forrest, Nottingham." | "NY city globe 1" by Annette Gulick Commentary: "One of those souvenir snow globes which also has a music box - this one has about 7 of the major NY city sites of interest." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Strumming acoustic guitar and percussion playing in a major key area. | | A composition beginning in a minor mode which moves to a major mode without resolution. |
| An acoustic guitar outlining a series of major seven chords. | | Arpeggiated digital keyboard effects playing in a major key area. |
| A major work featuring chordal accompaniment and melody. | | Major key excerpt with lots of ascending chord arpeggios. |
| Major key area excerpt incorporating various synthesized marimba and flutes. | | Brazilian syncopated percussion layered with a major key melody. |
| Synthesized flutes with guitar arpeggios playing in a major key area. | | Various airy synthesizer sounds creating a major tonal area. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Nathalie Sarraute | Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry. |
W. Clement Stone | You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Major Blackmann leaned back against it to die. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | It requires major surgery. (references) | |
Over-referral may be a major problem. (references) | ||
In Africa, it is a major cause of death. (references) | ||
Business | Germany and Japan are two major competitors. (references) | |
The only major competition is local producers. (references) | ||
Poland is a major importer of pharmaceuticals. (references) | ||
Children | Cambodia | In many areas, schools are remote, and transportation is a major problem. (references) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | The end of the fighting brought a major improvement in the human rights of children. (references) | |
Mozambique | Other NGO groups sponsored food, shelter, and education programs in all major cities. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Kazakhstan | There are 11 major independent newspapers in Almaty. (references) |
Philippines | Most live on Palawan Island or in major urban areas. (references) | |
Iraq | Police checkpoints are common on major roads and highways. (references) | |
Economic History | Nepal | Major supplier--India. (references) |
Lithuania | Philip Morris is a major investor. (references) | |
Costa Rica | Price is a major competitive factor. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bahamas | Overcrowding is a major problem. (references) |
Micronesia | Bail, even for major crimes, usually is set at low levels. (references) | |
Pakistan | Unlike the previous year, there were no reports of major prison riots. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Brazil | In March the Brazilian Social-Economic Institute (ISA) released a major study of the indigenous people in the country. (references) |
Gabon | Pygmies did not participate in government-instituted programs that integrated many small rural villages into larger ones along major roads. (references) | |
Indonesia | Land disputes are a major source of tension throughout the country, particularly in many sparsely populated resource-rich areas traditionally inhabited by indigenous people. (references) | |
Minorities | Liberia | Some tensions exist between the major religious communities. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | In 1999 Arabs constituted 8.7 percent of the students at major universities in the country. (references) | |
Burundi | In 1996 Major Pierre Buyoya, a southern Tutsi, deposed President Ntibantunganya, a central Hutu, in a coup. (references) | |
Political Economy | Madagascar | Textiles were another major export. (references) |
Nigeria | Prolonged pretrial detention remains a major problem. (references) | |
Senegal | No major political violence has been reported in Senegal. (references) | |
Political Rights | Liberia | No major legislation was enacted during the year. (references) |
Liechtenstein | Women serve on the executive committees of the major parties. (references) | |
Honduras | In the Congressional elections, neither major party won a majority. (references) | |
Trade | Bolivia | ATM's are nonexistent outside major cities. (references) |
Tunisia | AFDB ASSISTANCE INCLUDES MAJOR DAM PROJECTS. (references) | |
Colombia | Research institution affiliated with major banks. (references) | |
Travel | Nigeria | Hotels in major Nigerian cities are adequate. (references) |
Turkey | Street crime is not a major concern in Turkey. (references) | |
Botswana | Tap water in the major towns is safe to drink. (references) | |
Women | Micronesia | Prostitution is not legal; however, it is not a major problem. (references) |
Nauru | The judiciary and the Government treat major incidents and unresolved family disputes seriously. (references) | |
Seychelles | Police seldom intervene in domestic disputes, unless the dispute involves a weapon or major assault. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Saint Kitts and Nevis | There were no major strikes during the year. (references) |
Romania | Iasi and Timisoara are major transit centers in the country. (references) | |
Pakistan | Unions may belong to federations, and there are eight major federations. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent. (See LOGIC.) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bob Woodward | Well, I suspect it will be any time and I think it will be a war. You were talking with former Prime Minister Major of Britain who was there during the Gulf War with the first President Bush. |
Dan Rather | Let me take the latter first, of course we have plans. But as we learned the last time, the best laid plans sometimes go awry. We certainly have plans to cover any major U.S. assault on Iraq. |
Dennis Miller | When I think of all the wars that have been fought over possession of the very cradle of the world's three major religions, I can't help but wonder if maybe God is slowly turning agnostic. |
Dick Cheney | That's right. And what you have to do is also go on offense. We've got to go eliminate the terrorists, and that obviously is the major part of the effort that's under way now, but it takes time. |
Fred Thompson | I don't know, Bob, but I'll tell you this. I am very concerned about our intelligence community. Our counterintelligence capabilities, our counterterrorism capabilities are not what they should be. There needs to be major reform in the CIA and the FBI. |
Rush Limbaugh | Why, half of Canada comes down here to try to get medical coverage or for major surgery because of how long the waiting list is at home. |
Senator Patrick Leahy | We had a major hearing when Chief Justice Rehnquist became chief justice. As I recall, everybody wanted to have that hearing, Republican and Democrat. I think we would be doing the same thing here. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Major General Jesup was also directed, on the conclusion of his duties in the Creek country, to repair to Florida and assume the command. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Today we face both an immediate emergency and a major postwar problem. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | With the cooperation of the Congress, business, labor, and our major allies, that goal can be reached. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | A cease-fire was achieved without a major power confrontation. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | My tax proposals are a major step in that direction. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Every American has a stake in our second major goal, a world at peace. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | But though we've made much progress, I have one major regret. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Major" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 82.02% of the time. "Major" is used about 28,355 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 82.02% | 23,257 | 377 |
| Noun (proper) | 17.58% | 4,984 | 1,973 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.4% | 113 | 30,464 |
| Total | 100.00% | 28,355 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "major" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Major | First name Male | 7,000 | 826 |
| Major | Last name | 9,000 | 1,441 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| South Korea | Tong Yang Major Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "major": a major ♦ airforce major ♦ annulus iridis major ♦ astrantia major ♦ b major ♦ band major ♦ become a major ♦ Brassica oleracea major ♦ brevet major ♦ Brigade major ♦ canis major ♦ cavalry major ♦ circulus arteriosus iridis major ♦ Clusia major ♦ Dendrocopus major ♦ Drum major ♦ Dryobstes major ♦ epilepsia major ♦ 'Etat Major ♦ f major ♦ Fife major ♦ g flat major ♦ G major ♦ Havildar major ♦ in the major ♦ iridic major ring ♦ legally major ♦ Leishmania major ♦ Macropus major ♦ major affective disorder ♦ major axes ♦ major axis ♦ major calorie ♦ major casualty ♦ Major County ♦ major cutting edge ♦ major delivery ♦ major depressive episode ♦ major diatonic scale ♦ major domo ♦ major field of study ♦ major forces ♦ major form class ♦ Major general ♦ major generalship ♦ major harvest ♦ Major Histocompatibility Complex ♦ major in ♦ Major key ♦ major league ♦ major leaguer ♦ major lobe ♦ major manageable accident ♦ major medical insurance ♦ major medical plan ♦ major nato commander ♦ Major NATO Commanders ♦ major nuclear power ♦ Major offense ♦ major offensive ♦ major parameters ♦ major port ♦ major power ♦ major premise ♦ major premiss ♦ major release ♦ major river ♦ major road ♦ major scale ♦ Major second ♦ Major sixth ♦ major subordinate commander ♦ major subordinate commanders ♦ major suit ♦ major surgery ♦ major term ♦ major the part ♦ Major third ♦ major trading area ♦ major tranquilizer ♦ major tranquillizer ♦ major ursa ♦ major water terminal ♦ major wave ♦ musculus pectoralis major ♦ musculus rhomboideus major ♦ musculus teres major ♦ P major ♦ parus major ♦ pectoralis major ♦ pipe major ♦ plantago major ♦ Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major ♦ puffinus major ♦ quiscalus major ♦ rhomboideus major muscle ♦ Scipio Africanus Major ♦ sergeant major ♦ teres major ♦ teres major muscle ♦ thalassaemia major. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "major": major-accident, Major-ball, major-cable, major-category, major-domo, major-domos, major-element, Major-f, major-g, major-general, major-generals, major-key, major-label, major-league, major-league club, major-league team, major-like, major-minor, Major-must-go, Major-reynolds, major-selling, major-winner, major-wrecks. | |
Ending with "major": semi-major, sergeant-major. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "major"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | hoofweg (major road). (various references) | |
Albanian | kryesor (arch, arterial, basal, capital, Cardinal, central, chief, focal, foremost, fundamental, general, governing, grand, great, key, keynote, leading, main, pivotal, predominant, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, topmost, trunk). (various references) | |
Arabic | كبير (big, bulky, considerable, enormous, extent, formidable, full grown, grand, great, huge, immense, king size, large, magnificent, massive, massy, senior, sizable, sweeping, tremendous, vast, voluminous, whacking, whopping), تخصص في الدراسة, عظيم (bestead, bulky, eminent, fantastic, gigantic, grand, great, magnificent, majestic, mighty, mogul, sensational, sizable, sublime, terrific), السلم الكبير, الراشد, الرائد (explorer, forerunner, herald, pathfinder, pioneer), الشئ الأهم, أكبر (better, bigger, chief, greater, maximal, plus, utmost), أسمي (titular), أساسي (absolute, alkaline, basal, base, capital, cardinal, close, constitutional, formal, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, innate, inward, leading, main, material, momentous, nub, organic, overriding, paramount, piece de resistance, primal, primary, principal, radical, right, staple, substantial, ultimate, underling), راشد (adult, elder, grown up, legally major, mature, orthodox, reasonable, sensible, sober), رائد رتبة عسكرية, رائد (frontier, pioneer, precursor, progenitor, prospector), رئيسي (arch, arterial, broad, cardinal, central, chief, foremost, fundamental, head on, key-, leading, main, master, masterful, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, sovereign, staple). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мажорна гама, по-голям (better, bigger), пръв (first, foremost, leading, maiden, opening, premier, primordial), пълнолетен (adult, sui juris), пълнолетен човек, значителен (appreciable, considerable, goodly, handsome, important, marked, monumental, respectable, round, sensible, serious, significant, smart, symbolic, symbolical, tidy), мажорен, по-важен (prior), мажорен ключ (major key), старши (doyen, elder, head, headman, premier, ranking, senior, superior), майор, важен (consequential, dignified, fatal, grave, importable, important, magisterial, material, mighty, necessitous, newsy, pompous, pontifical, portentous, prominent, sage, serious, significant, solemn, sounding, staple, substantial, top-line, weighty), главен (arterial, capital, chief, decuman, general, grand, head, high, leading, magistral, main, master, pivotal, premier, primary, prime, principal, stellar), главен предмет, главно съждение, голям (almighty, big, chunking, gone, great, grown up, hearty, heavy, hefty, jolly, large, man-sized, massive, near, numerous, powerful, proper, vast, vasty, walloping), мажорен интервал. (various references) | |
Chinese | 主要 (main, primary, principal). (various references) | |
Czech | major, závažný (grand, grave, grievous, important, momentous, of great moment, relevant, satisfactory, valid, weighty), vážný (austere, dangerous, earnest, good, grave, mellow, pensive, portly, serious, solemn, solid, stern, straight, strong, wistful), plnoletá osoba, převážný (predominant), přední (anterior, eminent, fore, forward, front, obverse, premier, prominent), hlavní předmìt studia, hlavní (big, capital city, Cardinal, chief, decuman, essential, leading, magistral, main, prime, principal, staple, star), durový, dùležitý (all important, big, grand, great, important, momentous, of great importance, relevant, solid, substantive), èelný (leading). (various references) | |
Danish | Major NATO Commanders (Major NATO Commanders), menneskehedens vaesentligste problemer,hvis loesning kraever en faelles indstilling og et bredere internationalt samarbejde (those major problems of mankind whose solution calls for a common approach and wider international co-operation), MTA-område (major trading area), epilepsia major (generalised tonic-clonic seizure, generalized convulsive seizure, generalized tonic-clonic seizure, grand mal epilepsia, grand mal seizure, GTC seizure, major epilepsy, tonic-clonic seizure), hovedparametre (major parameters), hovednoegle i post (major key), hovedgen (major gene, oligogene), hovedbue (major arch), hovedakser (major axes, principal body axes), hovedæg (cutting edge, major cutting edge), grand mal (grand mal), hovedskovning (harvest cut, harvest cutting, harvest felling, main felling, major harvest, principal felling), force majeure (act of God, cause outside one's control, circumstances outside one's control, force majeure, risk arising from an act of God, risk arising from force majeure, risks arising from circumstances beyond control, vis major), kilokalorie (kcal, kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, major calorie, thermochemical calorie), dominerende ion (major ion, principal ion), dominerende anion (dominant anion, dominating anion, main anion, major anion, principal anion), det vigtigste materiel til brug ved roerlaegning paa dybt vand er:roerlaegningsfartoej,nogle soegaaende bugserbaade,et undervandsfartoej og yderligere nogle hjaelpefartoejer (some ocean tugs, the major marine equipment required for deep water pipe laying is:a lay barge), den stoerste broeks metode (method of major fractions, Vinton's method), den hoeje patogenitet af blystearat kraever vidtgaaende sikkerhedsforanstaltninger (the great pathogenic power of lead stearate calls for major technical prevention measures), de stoerre terrestriske biocoenoser udviser distinkte egenskaber (distinctive features, the major terrestrial communities possess clearcut), de indvendige koeresporskanter paa indsvings-og svingspor er bestemmende for udformningen af hellens afrunding/afslutning/ mod den overordnede vej (the inner swept path of turning vehicles determines the shape of the tip of the island nearest the major road), cornu majus (major cornu), circulus arteriosus iridis major (circulus arteriosus iridis major, greater arterial circle of iris), caput epididymidis (globus major, head of epididymis), bursa iliopectinea (bursa of psoas major tendon), alvorligste sygdomme (major health scourges), general-major (Major General), større konjunkturnedgang (major recession), Vintons metode (method of major fractions, Vinton's method), vinterflodseng (major bed), vigtigste vævsforenelighedskompleks (major histocompatibility complex), vævstypeantigen (major histocompatibility complex), udsendelse af fluorider til atmosfaeren hidroerer isaer fra foelgende typer fabrikationsprocesser : fremstilling af kunstgoedning, produktion af aluminium og visse former for staalproduktion (aluminium production and some forms of steel production, discharges of fluorides into the air have their major sources in the following types of industrial processes artificial fertilizer manufacture), trug med stenkastning udfoeres som regel paa skraaninger for at eliminere stoerre hoejdeforskelle og bortlede stoerre vandmaengder (channels with rough beds/beds of rough material/ are constructed mostly to overcome major differences in height and to lead away large amounts of water on slopes(see note to 288)), Thalassaemia major (Cooley syndrome, Cooley-Lee syndrome, thalassaemia major, thalassemia major), store net for udvikling af vedvarende energier (major network for the development of renewable energies), storbrand (conflagration, large-scale fire, major fire), storakse (major axis), hvis enhedsmomssatsen erstattedes af ti forskellige satser,ville det vaere en stoerre fornyelse (the replacement of a s |
