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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
major/ˈmeɪʤə(r)/
- 1 important, serious, or significant.
■ greater or more important; main.
- 2 Music (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. Contrasted with minor.
■ (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.
■ [postpos.] (of a key) based on a major scale: Prelude in G Major.
- 3 Brit. dated (appended to a surname in public schools) indicating the elder of two brothers: Smith major.
- 4 Logic (of a term) occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
■ (of a premise) containing the major term in a categorical syllogism.
- 1 a rank of officer in the army and the US air force, above captain and below lieutenant colonel.
■ an officer in charge of a section of band instruments: a trumpet major.
- 2 Music a major key, interval, or scale.
- 3 a major organization or competition.
- 4 N. Amer. a student's principal subject or course.
■ a student specializing in a specified subject: a math major.
- 5 Logic a major term or premise.
- 6 Bell-ringing a system of change-ringing using eight bells.
- 7 Australian Rules a goal.
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