Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SENIOR
senior, fourth-year
(adjective) used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; âthe senior promâ
aged, elderly, older, senior
(adjective) advanced in years; (âagedâ is pronounced as two syllables); âaged members of the societyâ; âelderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraperâ; âsenior citizenâ
senior
(adjective) older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; âsenior officerâ
elder, senior
(noun) a person who is older than you are
senior
(noun) an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
senior (comparative more senior, superlative most senior)
Older; superior
Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
(US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
Synonyms
• (older): geriatric, long in the tooth, on in years; see also elderly
Antonyms
• junior
Noun
senior (plural seniors)
(mostly, US) An old person.
Synonyms: senior citizen, Thesaurus:old person
Someone older than someone else (with possessive). [from 15th c.]
Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age. [from 14th c.]
(obsolete, Biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church. [14th-16th c.]
Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
(US) A final-year student at a high school or university. [from 17th c.]
Antonyms
• junior
Anagrams
• Nerios, Serino, irones, nories, nosier, rosein, seroin
Proper noun
Senior
A surname.
Anagrams
• Nerios, Serino, irones, nories, nosier, rosein, seroin
Source: Wiktionary
Sen"ior, a. Etym: [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]
1. More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.
2. Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools.
Sen"ior, n.
1. A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life.
2. One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade.
3. An aged person; an older. Dryden. Each village senior paused to scan, And speak the lovely caravan. Emerson.
4. One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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