Meaning of senior In English

• 0 high or higher in rank:

  • senior management

  • a senior government minister

  • She's senior to me, so I have to do what she tells me.

  • The Dragons head coach praised his senior players in the 23-16 win.

• 1 older:

  • The more senior students are given some extra responsibilities.

  • Hello, may I speak to Ken Griffey senior, please?

• 2 someone who is high or higher in rank:

  • It's important to impress your seniors if you want to be promoted.

• 3 20, 30, etc. years older than someone:

  • She married a man 20 years her senior.

  • She's my senior by three years (= she is three years older than me).

  • Seniors are entitled to a reduction of around 10%.

• 4 more advanced, or higher in rank:

  • Senior officials denied that a problem exists.

• 5 older:

  • The senior Griffey played on the same baseball team as his son, Ken Griffey, Jr.

• 6 relating to the fourth and final year of college or high school:

  • Alanna’s in her senior year of high school.

• 7 a student in the fourth and final year of a program of study in a college, university, or high school (= a school for students 15 to 18 years old)

• 8 a person who is older than another person:

  • She married a man almost 40 years her senior (= almost 40 years older).

• 9 used after a man's name to refer to the older of two people in the same family who have the same name:

  • John Brown Sr.

• 10 used to describe someone in a high rank, or in a higher rank in relation to others, in an organization:

  • a senior manager

  • senior government ministers

  • a senior partner

  • senior to sb He's senior to the other members of staff.

• 11 used to describe loans, bonds, etc. that will be paid back before other loans, etc. if the person borrowing the money gets into financial difficulty:

  • There are $21.25 million senior bonds and $1.5 million subordinate bonds.

• 12 someone in a high rank, or in a higher rank in relation to others, in an organization:

  • You'll need to impress your seniors if you wish to be offered a permanent position.

• 13 →  senior citizen :

  • Admission: $6 adults; $4 seniors, students and children.