major

major
'mei‹ə 1. adjective
(great, or greater, in size, importance etc: major and minor roads; a major discovery.) stor(artet), hoved-, viktig
2. noun
1) ((often abbreviated to Maj. when written) the rank next below lieutenant-colonel.) major
2) ((American) the subject in which you specialize at college or university: a major in physics; Her major is psychology.)
3. verb
((with in) (American) to study a certain subject in which you specialize at college or university: She is majoring in philosophy.) ta som hovedfag
- major-general
- the age of majority
major
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subst. \/ˈmeɪdʒə\/
1) (militærvesen) major
2) overordnet (person)
3) (jus) myndig (person)
4) (amer. universitet) fordypningsfag
history is his major
han har historie som fordypningsfag
5) (amer. universitet) forklaring: student med noe som fordypningsfag
two history majors
to studenter med historie som fordypningsfag
6) (musikk) dur
A major
a-dur
7) (logikk) oversetning
II
verb \/ˈmeɪdʒə\/
legge hovedvekten
major in (spesielt amer. universitet) fordype seg i, ha som fordypningsfag, spesialisere seg i
he is majoring in history
han spesialiserer seg i historie
major on legge hovedvekten på
in the speech he majored on social factors
i talen la han hovedvekten på sosiale faktorer
III
adj. \/ˈmeɪdʒə\/
1) større, betydelig, betydningsfull, stor-, viktig(ere), viktigst
he was a major figure at the time
han var en betydningsfull mann på den tiden
2) alvorlig(ere)
3) overordnet
4) (jus) myndig
5) (musikk) stor
major interval
stort intervall
major third
stor ters
6) (musikk) dur-
be in the major key gå i dur (også overført)
the major part eller major portion den største delen, hoveddelen

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