To act the major; look and talk big, or with a military air.
In prosody, noting the longer of two types of verse which bear a common name.
Greater; more important or effective; first in force or consideration; leading; principal: as, the major premise or term of a syllogism.
Greater in quantity, number, or extent: as, the major part of the revenue, of an assembly, or of a territory.
Of age; having attained to majority.
In music
Of intervals, standard or normal; literally “greater,” as compared with minor intervals.
Of tones, distant by a major interval from a given tone: as, A is the major third of F, etc.
Of tonalities and scales, standard or normal: characterized by a major third and also by a major sixth and seventh: opposed to minor.
Of triads and chords, characterized by a major third between the root and the tone next above, and a perfect fifth between the root and the second tone above: opposed to minor, diminished, and augmented.
Of cadences, ending in a major triad.
Of modes in the modern sense, and thus of composition in general, characterized by the use of a major tonality and of major cadences: as, a piece is written throughout in the major mode.
In logic, wider; broader; more extensive; a predicate to more subjects.
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Milit., an officer next in rank above a captain and below a lieutenant-colonel; the lowest field-officer.
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In law, a person who is old enough to manage his own concerns. See age, n., 3.
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In music, the major mode, or a major tonality or major chord, taken absolutely.
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In logic
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The major premise of a syllogism, which in direct syllogisms states the rule from which the conclusion is drawn.
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The major extreme of a syllogism.
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Same as mayor.