Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to major
Participle: majored
Gerund: majoring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | major |
| you | major |
| he;she;it | majors |
| we | major |
| you | major |
| they | major |
Perfect
| I | have majored |
| you | have majored |
| he;she;it | has majored |
| we | have majored |
| you | have majored |
| they | have majored |
Past
| I | majored |
| you | majored |
| he;she;it | majored |
| we | majored |
| you | majored |
| they | majored |
Pluperfect
| I | had majored |
| you | had majored |
| he;she;it | had majored |
| we | had majored |
| you | had majored |
| they | had majored |
Future
| I | will major |
| you | will major |
| he;she;it | will major |
| we | will major |
| you | will major |
| they | will major |
Future Perfect
| I | will have majored |
| you | will have majored |
| he;she;it | will have majored |
| we | will have majored |
| you | will have majored |
| they | will have majored |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | major |
| you | major |
| he;she;it | major |
| we | major |
| you | major |
| they | major |
Perfect
| I | have majored |
| you | have majored |
| he;she;it | have majored |
| we | have majored |
| you | have majored |
| they | have majored |
Imperfect
| I | majored |
| you | majored |
| he;she;it | majored |
| we | majored |
| you | majored |
| they | majored |
Pluperfect
| I | had majored |
| you | had majored |
| he;she;it | had majored |
| we | had majored |
| you | had majored |
| they | had majored |
Conditional
Present
| I | would major |
| you | would major |
| he;she;it | would major |
| we | would major |
| you | would major |
| they | would major |
Perfect
| I | would have majored |
| you | would have majored |
| he;she;it | would have majored |
| we | would have majored |
| you | would have majored |
| they | would have majored |
Imperative
| you | major |
| we | Let's major |
| you | major |
Verbs conjugated like 'major'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'major'
ajar,
comajor,
favor,
haxor,
labor,
mar,
mason,
minor,
moor,
motor,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s
3. Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
4. Proto-Indo-European *méǵyōs
5. Proto-Italic *majjōs
6. Latin maiorder.
7. Middle English major
8. English major
9. From Middle English major, from Latin maior, comparative of magnus (“great, large; noble, important”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs (“greater”), comparative of *meǵh₂- (“great”). Compare West Frisian majoar (“major”), Dutch majoor (“major”), French majeur. Doublet of mayor.
10. Noun sense 1 is a shortening of sergeant major, perhaps after Spanish mayor in the same sense. See: Latin '
maior'.
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