Definitions
Main or important; college subject
Word origin
From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.
Used in a sentence
“The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.”
“the major part of the assembly”
“The three major religions are Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Important or large”5 letters
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