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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.

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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. A mayor.
  8. adj. of greater importance or stature or rank
  9. adj. greater in scope or effect
  10. adj. greater in number or size or amount
  11. adj. of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes