major

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. Source: opted

2. a. Of greater dignity; more important. Source: opted

3. a. Of full legal age. Source: opted

4. a. Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone. Source: opted

5. a. An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer. Source: opted

6. a. A person of full age. Source: opted

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]. Source: opted

8. a. A mayor. Source: opted

9. adj. of greater importance or stature or rank Source: wordnet

10. adj. greater in scope or effect Source: wordnet

11. adj. greater in number or size or amount Source: wordnet

12. adj. of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes Source: wordnet

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