junior, third-year, next-to-last
(adjective) used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; “the junior class”; “a third-year student”
junior
(adjective) including or intended for youthful persons; “a junior sports league”; “junior fashions”
junior
(adjective) younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
junior
(noun) the younger of two persons; “she is two years my junior”
junior
(noun) a third-year undergraduate
Junior, Jr, Jnr
(noun) a son who has the same first name as his father
junior
(noun) term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; “look here, junior, it’s none of your business”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
junior (not generally comparable, comparative more junior, superlative most junior)
(comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
(not comparable, often, preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
(not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
(not comparable, chiefly, US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
junior (plural juniors)
A younger person.
A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr, Jr, Jun.).
(chiefly, US) A third-year student at a high school or university.
(legal) A junior barrister.
• senior
Junior
A town in West Virginia.
A male given name.
Source: Wiktionary
Jun"ior, a. Etym: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
1. Less advanced in age than another; younger.
Note: Junior is applied to distinguish the younger of two persons bearing the same name in the same family, and is opposed to senior or elder. Commonly applied to a son who has the same Christian name as his father.
2. Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.
3. Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; as, the junior class; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See Junior, n., 2.
4. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. Our first studies and junior endeavors. Sir T. Browne.
Jun"ior, n.
1. A younger person. His junior she, by thirty years. Byron.
2. Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
