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- DictionarySen·ior/ˈsēnyər/
adjective
- 1. of or for older or more experienced people: "senior citizens"
- 2. holding a high and authoritative position: "he is a senior Finance Ministry official"
noun
- 1. a person who is a specified number of years older than someone else: "she was only two years his senior"
adjective. us / ˈsiː.njɚ / uk / ˈsiː.ni.ə r/ senior adjective (HIGH RANK) Add to word list. B2. high or higher in rank: senior management. a senior government adviser. She's senior to me, so I have to do what she tells me. Compare. junior adjective (LOW RANK) older and more experienced than the other members of a team:
1. a. A person who is older than another: She is eight years my senior. b. A senior citizen. 2. a. One that is of a higher position, rank, or grade than another in the same set or class. b. A student in the fourth year of high school or college. [Middle English, from Latin, comparative of senex, old; see sen- in Indo-European roots .]
having a more important job or position than someone else: a senior executive. We work in the same team but she's senior to me. senior adjective (OLDER) older: senior students. senior adjective (NAME) used at the end of a man's name to show that he is the older of two men in the same family who have the same name:
Senior means "older," but it also means "old or aged," like your grandmother, who despite being a senior citizen, continues her skydiving hobby. A senior is also a student in the final year of either high school or college, or an authority: "She holds a senior position in the State Department."
adjective. /ˈsiːniə (r)/. /ˈsiːniər/. of high rank. high in rank or status; higher in rank or status than others. a senior official/officer/manager/executive. a senior adviser/analyst/lecturer. a senior partner in a law firm. She is senior vice president of marketing.
Senior definition: older or elder (designating the older of two men bearing the same name, as a father whose son is named after him, often written as Sr. or sr. following the name). See examples of SENIOR used in a sentence.
Definition of senior noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
