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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
junior
jun·ior [junior juniors] adjective, noun BrE [ˈdʒuːniə(r)] NAmE [ˈdʒuːniər]
adjective
OF LOW RANK
1. usually before noun having a low rank in an organization or a profession
•junior employees
•~ to sb She is junior to me.
IN SPORT
2. only before noun connected with young people below a particular age, rather than with adults, especially in sports
•the world junior tennis championships
SON
3. Junior (abbr.Jnr, Jr.)(especially in US) used after the name of a man who has the same name as his father, to avoid confusion
compare younger at ↑young adj. (6)
SCHOOL/COLLEGE
4. only before noun (BrE) (of a school or part of a school)for children under the age of 11 or 13
5. only before noun (NAmE)connected with the year before the last year in a ↑high school or college
• I spent my junior year in France.
compare ↑senior
Word Origin:
Middle English (as an adjective following a family name): from Latin, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.
Example Bank:
•She's quite junior in the organization.
•a very junior officer
•My daughter goes into the junior school next year.
•The world junior tennis championships will be held in Paris next month.
•the junior department
Idioms: ↑be … years somebody's junior ▪ ↑somebody's junior
noun
LOW LEVEL JOB
1. countable (especially BrE)a person who has a job at a low level within an organization
•office juniors
IN SPORT
2. countable a young person below a particular age, rather than an adult
• She has coached many of our leading juniors.
IN SCHOOL/COLLEGE
3. countable (BrE)a child who goes to ↑junior school
• Sam is going to be a junior next year.
4. countable (NAmE)a student in the year before the last year at ↑high school or college
compare ↑sophomore
SON
5. singular (NAmE, informal)a person's young son
•I leave junior with Mom when I'm at work.
Word Origin:
Middle English (as an adjective following a family name): from Latin, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.
Example Bank:
•At 16, he's still eligible to play for the juniors.
•a junior school
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