major

/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/

意味: 専攻、重要な人物

例文: Kai chose physics as his major.
　　  カイは物理を専攻に選んだ。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: major problem(大きな問題), major city(主要都市), major change(大きな変化)

定義: 主要な、重要な、大きな影響を持つものを指します。たとえば、何かが「major」である場合、それは他のものよりも重要であったり、影響力が大きいことを意味します。また、大学の専攻を指すこともあります。

majorは約5,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
Noun: British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
Noun: a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
Noun: the principal field of study of a student at a university
Verb: have as one’s principal field of study
Adjective: of greater importance or stature or rank
Adjective: greater in scope or effect
Adjective: greater in number or size or amount
Adjective: of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
Adjective: of a scale or mode
Adjective: of greater seriousness or danger
Adjective: of full legal age
Adjective: of the elder of two boys with the same family name

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The company made a major breakthrough in technology.(その会社は技術で大きな突破口を開いた。)
She plays a major role in the project.(彼女はプロジェクトで重要な役割を果たしている。)
Major cities often have diverse cultural events.(大都市は多様な文化イベントがよくある。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: she is a linguistics major
Noun: her major is linguistics
Verb: She is majoring in linguistics
Adjective: a major artist
Adjective: a major role
Adjective: major highways
Adjective: a major contribution
Adjective: a major improvement
Adjective: a major break with tradition
Adjective: a major misunderstanding
Adjective: a major portion (a majority) of the population
Adjective: Ursa Major
Adjective: a major portion of the winnings
Adjective: his major field was mathematics
Adjective: major scales
Adjective: the key of D major
Adjective: a major earthquake
Adjective: a major hurricane
Adjective: a major illness
Adjective: Jones major

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major, Major, major

Antonyms(反意語): minor

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): commissioned military officer, discipline, student, study

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): allometry, architecture, art student, auditor, bibliotics, captain, catechumen, collegian, colonel, communications, crammer, engineering, escapology, etonian, field-grade officer, frontier, futurology, genealogy, general officer, graphology, humanistic discipline, ivy leaguer, law student, lieutenant, major, marshal, medical student, military science, nonreader, numerology, occultism, ology, overachiever, passer, protology, scholar, science, seminarian, sixth-former, skipper, subaltern, theogony, theology, underachiever, withdrawer, wykehamist

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語):

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: major, majority

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: education

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive, education

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Frozen, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive