English Dictionary

major

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmeɪ.dʒə(ɹ)/

形容詞

限定用法 音階 音程 後置詞 イギリス英語 古風 参照語 前提

Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. / Greater in number, quantity, or extent. / Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.

日本語の意味

主要な、重要な：尊厳、階級、重要性、意味、又は興味においてより卓越していること / 多数の、大量の：数、量、または範囲においてより大きいこと / 顕著な、著しい：効果や範囲において目立つ、顕著な影響を及ぼすこと

She was offered a major promotion that would change the course of her career.

彼女はキャリアの方向を変えるような重要な昇進の申し出を受けた。

意味（1）

Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest.

The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

意味（2）

Greater in number, quantity, or extent.

the major part of the assembly

意味（3）

Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope.

意味（4）

Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree.

to earn some major cash

意味（5）

(medicine) Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening.

to suffer from a major illness

意味（6）

Of full legal age, having attained majority.

major children

意味（7）

(education) Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.

意味（8）

(of a scale) Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees.

major scale

意味（9）

(of an interval) Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval.

major third

意味（10）

(postpositive) (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect.

意味（11）

(campanology) Bell changes rung on eight bells.

意味（12）

(UK, dated) Indicating the elder of two brothers, appended to a surname in public schools.

意味（13）

(of a term) Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.

意味（14）

(of a premise) Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism.

more major （ comparative ）

most major （ superlative ）