0 more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the same type:
1 belonging or relating to a musical scale that is generally thought to have a happy sound:
2 an officer of middle rank in the British, US, and many other armed forces:
Major Winters/Richard Winters
[ as form of address ] Thank you, Major.
3 the most important subject that a college or university student is studying, or the student himself or herself:
4 an important sports competition, especially in tennis or golf:
5 to study something as your main subject at college or university:
She majored in philosophy at Harvard.
6 more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the same type:
7 based on a scale (= series of musical notes) in which there is a whole step (= sound difference) between each note except between the third and fourth notes and the seventh and eighth notes:
8 a military officer of middle rank, above a captain
9 the most important subject that a college or university student is studying, or the student studying that subject:
an English major
10 very large, important, or powerful, especially when compared with others of the same type:
11 a major change, difference, etc. affects a lot of people or organizations, sometimes in a way that causes difficulties for them:
12 one of the most important companies in a particular industry:
This latest defeat is a major setback for the government.
This building, once derided by critics, is now a major tourist attraction.
The children were vaccinated against the major childhood diseases.
They predict that a major earthquake will strike the east coast before the end of the decade.
Major alterations to the text will be accepted only at the author's expense.
Attempting to write a global geographical perspective on organic agriculture is a major challenge.
There are three major groups under discussion here: actualization conditionals, inferential conditionals, and purely case-specifying conditionals (each type is then subdivided into numerous subtypes).
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重要的, 較重要的, 主要的…
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重要的, 较重要的, 主要的…
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importante, de envergadura, comandante…
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principal, importante, major…
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主要な, (陸軍、空軍の)少佐…
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ana, esas, büyük…
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principal/-ale, majeur/-eure, commandant [masculine]…
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important, gran, comandant…
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