Thesaurus: major

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1. a. Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.
2. a. Of greater dignity; more important.
3. a. Of full legal age.
4. a. Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.
5. a. An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.
6. a. A person of full age.
7. a. That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].
8. a. A mayor.
9. adj. of greater importance or stature or rank
10. adj. greater in scope or effect
11. adj. greater in number or size or amount
12. adj. of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes