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dur — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • major adj Of great importance, size, or seriousness.

Senses

dur is used for these senses in English:

  • major key (music) A musical key based upon a major scale.
  • major scale (music) One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.

major — full definition

  1. adj Of great importance, size, or seriousness.
  2. noun A military officer rank above captain and below lieutenant colonel.
  3. noun A student's main field of academic study.
  4. verb To specialize in a particular subject at college or university.

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