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Meaning of major
noun
- A military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel. Example: He used to be a major in the army.
noun
- The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university. Example: Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.
- A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study. Example: She is a math major.
- A person of legal age.
- The major premise.
- A touchdown, or major score.
verb
- To concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university Example: I have decided to major in mathematics.
adjective
- Of great significance or importance.
- Greater in number, quantity, or extent Example: the major part of the assembly
- Of full legal age, having attained majority
- Of a scale that follows the pattern: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone Example: A major scale.
- Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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A dictionary checker verifies whether a typed word exists in a word list. It is useful for word games, puzzle checks, spelling checks, and quick vocabulary confirmation.
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The tool cleans the input, compares it against a local English word list, and then tries to load definitions from a free dictionary source when available.