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   Jun·ior

   /ˈjo͞onyər/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of, for, or denoting young or younger people: "junior tennis" Similar youngeryoungestOpposite seniorolder
   • ▪ of, for, or denoting schoolchildren between the ages of 7 and 11: British "junior pupils"
   • ▪ of or for students in the third year of a course lasting four years in college or high school: North American "his junior year in college"
   • ▪ denoting the younger of two who have the same name in a family, especially a son as distinct from his father: "John F. Kennedy Junior" Similar the YoungerminorIIOpposite Senior
   • 2. low or lower in rank or status: "part of my function is to supervise those junior to me" Similar low-rankinglower-rankingsubordinatesub-lesserlowerminorsecondaryinferiorbeneathunderOpposite higher-rankingsenior

   noun

   • 1. a person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else: "he's five years her junior"
   • ▪ a student in the third year of college or high school: North American "high-school juniors and seniors"
   • ▪ (in sports) a young competitor, typically under sixteen or eighteen: "indoor tennis for juniors"
   • ▪ used as a nickname or form of address for one's son: informal North American "he said: “there's Junior,” referring to his son"
   • 2. a person with low rank or status compared with others: "an office junior"
   • 3. a size of clothing for teenagers or slender women.

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. juniority noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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   What is a junior in high school called?

   • 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.

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   • 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. Junior is also a noun .

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   What is the meaning of Júnior?

   • In Portuguese, common designations are Júnior (junior), Filho (son), Neto (grandson), and Sobrinho (nephew). In many other nations, it is considered highly unusual or even inauspicious to give a son the same first name(s) as his father, removing the need for such suffixes.

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   What is a junior class?

   • The girls of the Junior class in modern history were filing out on Friday. The Junior class crowded into Miss Carringtons room and took their seats. Junior definition: younger (designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr. following the name).

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   adjective. younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service. synonyms: immature, young. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth. junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern. inferior in rank or status. minor.

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