junior
A younger personA younger person.
» I'm a junior high school student.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(countable)A younger person.
four years his junior
мла́дшийmládšij
the younger of two persons
(countable, uncountable)A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).
a son who has the same first name as his father
(uncountable)A clothing size for girls or women.
(Philippines, US, countable)A third-year student at a high school or university.
a third-year undergraduate
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable)A student in a junior school or the second part of a primary school.
(countable)A junior barrister.
Examples
214 sentencesI'm a junior high school student.
I'm a junior in high school.
I know Tom is a junior.
Tom is a junior in college.
Tom is a high school junior.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparativeBorrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile.
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Forms
plural: juniorsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a son who has the same first name as his father:JrJnr
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
9 patterns- junior high school
- junior high
- in junior high
- a junior high
- were in junior
- is a junior
- junior in high
- still in junior
- a junior in