Major vs Substantially - What's the difference?
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(en noun), or, when used as a title before a person's name , Major
a military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel
Of great significance or importance.
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, title= Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
Of full legal age; having attained majority.
(music) Of a scale which follows the pattern: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone
(music) Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
(music) Containing the note which is a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.
(US, Canada, Australia, and, New Zealand) The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
(US, Canada, Australia, and, New Zealand) A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.
A person of legal age.
(logic) The major premise.
(Canadian football) An alternate term for touchdown; short for "major score".
A large, commercially successful record label, as opposed to an indie.
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to concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university
In a strong substantial manner; considerably.
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To a great extent; in essence; essentially.
Without material qualifications.
As an adjective major
is .As an adverb substantially is
in a strong substantial manner; considerably.major
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Alternative forms
* majour (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl)Alternative forms
* (abbreviation)Noun
(wikipedia major)- He used to be a major in the army.
- This is Major Jones.
Usage notes
When used as a title, it is always capitalized. : Example: Major Jane Payne. The rank corresponds to pay grade O-4. Abbreviations: Maj. and MAJ.Etymology 2
(etyl) , from Proto-Indo-European *ma?-yes-'' "greater", comparative of ''*ma?-, *me?- , "great".Adjective
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- the major part of the assembly
- a major scale.
Derived terms
* majorlyAntonyms
* minorNoun
(en noun)- Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major .
- She is a math major .
- He says Ninja Tune retains the master and publishing rights on most of its catalog, making it easy to license quickly. Yet as majors jump on the videogame bandwagon, he fears indies may lose that outlet.
Antonyms
* (a person of legal age) minorVerb
(en verb)- I have decided to major in mathematics.
Anagrams
* ----substantially
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Adverb
(en adverb)- For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. Income grew slowly through most of the last decade, except at the top of the distribution, before falling sharply when the financial crisis began.