senior

senior
senior1 W2 adj
[Date: 1300-1400; : Latin; Origin: 'older', from senex 'old']
1.) having a higher position, level, or rank
→↑junior
▪ the senior Democrat on the House committee
▪ White men hold most of the jobs in senior management .
▪ the senior partner in a law firm
senior to
▪ He is also a diplomat, but senior to me.
2.) [only before noun] BrE
a senior competition is for older people or for people at a more advanced level
▪ I won the 60 metre race, my first senior success.
senior 2
senior2 n
1.) AmE a student in their last year of ↑high school or university
→↑freshman, junior ↑junior, sophomore ↑sophomore
▪ Jen will be a senior this year.
2.) especially AmE a ↑senior citizen
▪ Seniors can get a 10% discount.
3.) be two/five/ten etc years sb's senior
to be two, five, ten etc years older than someone
▪ Her husband was nine years her senior.
4.) BrE an adult or a person who has reached an advanced level in a particular sport
→↑junior
▪ Juniors and seniors train together on Wednesdays.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • senior — [ senjɔr ] n. et adj. • 1884; mot angl., du lat. « plus âgé » → seigneur 1 ♦ Sportif plus âgé que les juniors et plus jeune que les vétérans. Catégorie senior. Joueurs seniors. 2 ♦ N. Personne âgée de plus de 50 ans; jeune retraité. « On essaie… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Senior — Senior …   Википедия

  • Senior — rsp. senior (lat. ‚älter‘) steht für: einen älteren Menschen, siehe Senioren den Älteren bei gleichnamigen Personen, siehe Namenszusatz #Senior den älteren Teilhaber einer Firma, siehe Seniorpartner einen Zusatz zu einer Stellenbezeichnung einer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sénior — es una palabra de origen latino que significa mayor . El término opuesto es junior. El DRAE recoge las formas con tilde y sin tilde de ambas palabras (senior y sénior, júnior y junior).[1] Puede referirse a: Contenido 1 En la actualidad …   Wikipedia Español

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  • sénior — 1. Voz procedente del comparativo latino senior (‘más viejo’), cuyo uso actual en español se ha revitalizado por influjo del inglés. En español debe escribirse con tilde por ser palabra llana terminada en consonante distinta de n o s (→ tilde2, 1 …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • senior — [sēn′yər] adj. [ME < L senior, compar. of senex, old: see SENATE] 1. of the greater age; older: written Sr. after the name of a father whose son has been given exactly the same name: opposed to JUNIOR 2. of higher rank or standing, or longer… …   English World dictionary

  • Senior — Sm älterer Geschäftspartner, älterer Mensch erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (14. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus dem Komparativ l. senior älter zu l. senex alt .    Ebenso nndl. senior, ne. senior, nfrz. senior, nnorw. senior; Senat. ✎ DF 4 (1978),… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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  • Senior — Sen ior, a. [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See {Sir}.] 1. More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Senior — is Latin for elder. Senior can refer to: * A person of old age * A student in the last (usually fourth) year at a college or university * A student in the twelfth grade, in high school. Year 11 and 12 in Australia are called seniors * A suffix… …   Wikipedia

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