last vs major

last

adj
  • Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. 

  • Being the only one remaining of its class. 

  • Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable. 

  • Lowest in rank or degree. 

  • Most recent, latest, last so far. 

  • Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. 

adv
  • Most recently. 

  • after everything else; finally 

verb
  • To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. 

  • To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last. 

  • To endure, continue over time. 

det
  • The (one) immediately before the present. 

  • Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago. 

noun
  • A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes. 

  • A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value. 

major

adj
  • Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. 

  • Prominent or significant in size, amount, or degree. 

  • Equivalent to that between the tonic and another note of a major scale, and greater by a semitone than the corresponding minor interval. 

  • Having a major third above the root. 

  • Of or relating to a subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization. 

  • Bell changes rung on eight bells. 

  • Containing the major term in a categorical syllogism. 

  • Of full legal age, having attained majority. 

  • Greater in number, quantity, or extent. 

  • (of a key) Based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect. 

  • Involving great risk, serious, life-threatening. 

  • Occurring as the predicate in the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. 

  • Notable or conspicuous in effect or scope. 

  • Having intervals of a semitone between the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth degrees. 

noun
  • A large, commercially successful company, especially a record label that is bigger than an indie. 

  • An officer in charge of a section of band instruments, used with a modifier. 

  • A system of change-ringing using eight bells. 

  • A touchdown, or major score. 

  • The principal subject or course of a student working toward a degree at a college or university. 

  • A student at a college or university specializing on a given area of study. 

  • A rank of officer in the army and the US air force, between captain and lieutenant colonel. 

  • A goal. 

  • A person of legal age. 

  • A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest. 

verb
  • Used in a phrasal verb: major in. 

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