Definition of Major

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Definition of Major

Major

Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.

Of greater dignity; more important.

Of full legal age.

Greater by a semitone, either in interval or in difference of pitch from another tone.

An officer next in rank above a captain and next below a lieutenant colonel; the lowest field officer.

A person of full age.

That premise which contains the major term. It its the first proposition of a regular syllogism; as: No unholy person is qualified for happiness in heaven [the major]. Every man in his natural state is unholy [minor]. Therefore, no man in his natural state is qualified for happiness in heaven [conclusion or inference].

A mayor.

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Major Quotations

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.
Dalai Lama

When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.
Barack Obama

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.
Jim Rohn

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Jim Rohn

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Jim Rohn

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the "naturals," the ones who somehow know how to teach.
Peter Drucker

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
Abraham Maslow

I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
Dwight D. Eisenhower

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
Dwight D. Eisenhower

A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Milton Friedman

Major Translations

major in Dutch is majoor
major in French is commandant
major in Italian is maggiore, in prima linea
major in Portuguese is principal
major in Spanish is mayor

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