adj.
1.of greater importance or stature or rank
2.greater in scope or effect
3.greater in number or size or amount
4.of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
5.of a scale or mode
6.of greater seriousness or danger
7.of full legal age
8.of the elder of two boys with the same family name major n.
1.a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines
2.British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
3.a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
4.the principal field of study of a student at a university major v.
1.have as one's principal field of study
Idiom of the Day
strike it rich
to suddenly become rich or successful
The man struck it rich when he got a job at the computer company and was able to buy some stock very cheap.
