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junior
What does junior mean?
junior (adjective): younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use junior in a sentence?
- He uses the leverage of seniority with the more junior employees. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce junior?
/ˈdʒuniɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does junior come from?
Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of junior?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “junior” mean?
of definite shape and volume; firm; neither liquid nor gaseous
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extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
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pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
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younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
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