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Junior Year Adjective ˈdʒuːniə(R ˈdʒuːniər Partner/Minister/Officer Member Club's

Word3 junior
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /ˈdʒuːniə(r)/ /ˈdʒuːniər/
Example
  • a junior partner/minister/officer
  • she is junior to me.
  • he's a member of the club's junior team.
  • the world junior tennis championships
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junior

(adjective)/ˈdʒuːniə(r)/ /ˈdʒuːniər/
  1. having a low rank in an organization or a profession
    • a junior partner/minister/officer
    • She is junior to me.

    Extra Examples

    • She's quite junior in the organization.
    • a very junior officer
  2. connected with young people below a particular age, rather than with adults, especially in sports
    • He's a member of the club's junior team.
    • the world junior tennis championships
  3. (especially in the US) used after the name of a man who has the same name as his father, to make it clear who is being referred to
    • COMPARE the younger
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/young_1#young_sng_6
  4. for children under the age of 11 or 13
    • a junior school
  5. connected with the year before the last year in a high school or college
    • I spent my junior year in France.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (as an adjective following a family name): from Latin, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.
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