{
    "term": "major",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "very large or important",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a major road"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some major international companies refused to do business with them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He played a major role in setting up the system."
                },
                {
                    "text": "major sporting events"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a major issue/factor/project/challenge"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have encountered major problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Four major cities agreed to ban diesel cars by 2025."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were calls for major changes to the welfare system."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had major surgery on his back and moves slowly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our major concern here is combating poverty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The openness of the internet is a major part of its appeal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These companies are all major players in the food industry."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "serious",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Never mind—it's not major."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "based on a scale (= a series of eight notes) in which the third note is two whole tones / steps higher than the first note",
            "labels": "(music)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the key of D major"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the eight notes of the major scale"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "related to somebody’s main subject of study in college",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmeɪdʒə(r)/",
                "audio": "ma/major/major__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmeɪdʒər/",
                "audio": "ma/major/major__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Latin, comparative of magnus ‘great’; perhaps influenced by French majeur."
}