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comajor

comajor noun: one of multiple main areas of study of a student working toward a degree at an institute of tertiary education.

Noun

comajor (plural comajors)

  1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) One of multiple main areas of study of a student working toward a degree at an institute of tertiary education.
    • Instead, in addition to my molecular biology major, I was enrolled in a scientific philosophy comajor along with all other members of the honours program, leaving me with time to also do a psychology minor.2015, Bryan Grieg Fry, Doctor Venom, →ISBN
    • Dr. Gönen also received an MS in industrial engineering (1973) and a PhD comajor in industrial engineering (1978) from Iowa State University, as well as an MBA from the University of Oklahoma (1980).2014, Turan Gonen, Electrical Power Transmission System Engineering, →ISBN

Verb

comajor (third-person singular simple present comajors, present participle comajoring, simple past and past participle comajored)

  1. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US, intransitive) To concentrate on one of multiple areas of study as a student in a college or university.

Forms of comajor

Noun
pluralcomajors
Verb
third-person singular presentcomajors
present participlecomajoring
past participlecomajored
pastcomajored

Origin of comajor

From co- + major.

Questions about comajor

What does comajor mean?
Comajor means one of multiple main areas of study of a student working toward a degree at an institute of tertiary education.
What part of speech is comajor?
Comajor can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of comajor?
The plural of comajor is comajors.

Words near comajor in the dictionary

  1. Comacines
  2. comae
  3. comagmatic
  4. comagnetometer
  5. comagnetometers
  6. comajor
  7. comajored
  8. comajoring
  9. comajors
  10. comaker
  11. comakers

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