| query | If you are someone's j_____, you are younger than they are.If you are someone's junior, you are younger than they are. She now lives with actor Denis Lawson, 10 years her junior. |
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| word | junior |
| full-definition | adjective A junior official or employee holds a low-ranking position in an organization or profession . Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike. ...a junior minister attached to the prime minister's office. The Lord Chancellor has said legal aid work is for juniors when they start out in the law. noun If you are someone's junior, you are younger than they are. She now lives with actor Denis Lawson, 10 years her junior. Junior is sometimes used after the name of the younger of two men in a family who have the same name, sometimes in order to prevent confusion . The abbreviation Jr is also used. His son, Arthur Ochs Junior, is expected to succeed him as publisher. In the United States, a student in the third year of a high school or university course is called a junior . Their youngest daughter Amy's a junior at the University of Evansville in Indiana. It was the summer before his junior year in high school. |
| inflections | juniors |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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