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Noun major has 4 senses

major - a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
--₁ is a kind of league, conference; commissioned military officer; league, conference; commissioned military officer
--₁ has members: major-league team, major-league club
Major, John Major, John R. Major, John Roy Major - British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
--₂ is a kind of statesman, solon, national leader; statesman, solon, national leader
major - a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major"
--₃ is a kind of student, pupil, educatee; student, pupil, educatee

Derived form: verb major₁
major - the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics"
--₄ is a kind of discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge; discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge

Derived form: verb major₁

Verb major has 1 sense

major - have as one's principal field of study; "She is majoring in linguistics"
--₁ is one way to study

Derived forms: noun major₃, noun major₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP