Tra từ senior - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

se·nior [senior seniors] adjective, noun BrE [ˈsiːniə(r)] NAmE [ˈsiːniər]
adjective

OF HIGH RANK
1. ~ (to sb) high in rank or status; higher in rank or status than others
•a senior officer/manager/lecturer
•a senior partner in a law firm
•a senior post/position
• I have ten years' experience at senior management level.
• (BrE) Junior nurses usually work alongside more senior nurses.
•He is senior to me.
•The meeting should be chaired by the most senior person present.
Opp: ↑junior

IN SPORT
2. only before noun for adults or people at a more advanced level
•to take part in senior competitions
• He won the senior men's 400 metres.

FOR OLDER PEOPLE
3. only before noun for ↑senior citizens (= older people, especially those who have retired from work)
•Get one third off rail fares with a senior railcard.
•senior discounts/concessions

FATHER
4. Senior (abbr.Snr., Sr)used after the name of a man who has the same name as his son, to avoid confusion
compare ↑junior

SCHOOL/COLLEGE
5. only before noun (BrE) (of a school or part of a school)for children over the age of 11 or 13
6. only before noun (NAmE)connected with the last year in ↑high school or college
•the senior prom

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin, literally older, older man, comparative of senex, sen- ‘old man, old’.

Thesaurus:
senior adj.
•I'd like a more senior position.
superior • • high-ranking • • high • • top • • chief • • leading •
Opp: junior
a senior/superior/high-ranking/top/chief/leading officer
a senior/top/chief/leading adviser/aide/economist/lawyer
a senior/high-ranking/leading figure/member
Senior or superior? Superior is used more than senior where there is a strong sense of status, for example in the army
•I'll need to check with my superior officer.
In everyday situations it is more usual to talk about a senior colleague/adviser/teacher, etc.

Example Bank:
•She wasn't senior enough to take such a decision.
•a meeting of all the very senior officers
•I have ten years' experience at senior management level.
•I'm looking for a more senior position.
•She's a senior lecturer at the university.
•The meeting should be chaired by the most senior person present.
•There have been large pay rises for the senior grades.

noun

OLDER PERSON
1. a person who is older than sb else
• She was ten years his senior.
• My brother is my senior by two years.
compare ↑junior
2. (especially NAmE) = ↑senior citizen

HIGHER RANK
3. a person who is higher in rank or status
• She felt unappreciated both by her colleagues and her seniors.

IN SPORT
4. adults or people who have reached an advanced level
•tennis coaching for juniors and seniors

IN SCHOOL/COLLEGE
5. (BrE)a child at a senior school; an older child in a school
6. (in the US and some other countries) a student in the last year at a ↑high school or college
•high school seniors
compare ↑sophomore

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin, literally older, older man, comparative of senex, sen- ‘old man, old’.