junior
adjective/ˈdʒuːniər/
Слово англійською: junior
Переклад junior українською: молодший
Детальний опис
- [usually before noun] having a low rank in an organization or a profession
- a junior partner/minister/officer
- junior to somebody She is junior to me.
- [only before noun] connected with young people below a particular age, rather than with adults, especially in sports
- He's a member of the club's junior team.
- the world junior tennis championships
- Junior(abbreviation Jnr, Jr)(especially in the US) used after the name of a man who has the same name as his father, to make it clear who is being referred to compare the younger
- [only before noun] (British English) (of a school or part of a school) for children under the age of 11 or 13
- the junior section of the school
- [only before noun] (North American English) connected with the year before the last year in a high school or college
- I spent my junior year in France.
compare senior
of low rank
in sport
son
school/college
Word OriginMiddle English (as an adjective following a family name): from Latin, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.