major in

verb

majored in; majoring in; majors in

US, of a college or university student

: to have (a specified subject) as one's main subject of study

plans to major in history

Examples of major in in a Sentence

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At Georgetown, Atchity majored in Classics and English, served as editor-in-chief of the student-run newspaper The Hoya and spent his junior summer at Cambridge University in England, studying literature and social institutions. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

Hornaday grew up in Des Moines and attended Smith College, graduating in 1982 with a major in government. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Hornaday was raised in Des Moines and graduated from Smith College in 1982, majoring in government. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026

At Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City, Ulrich was majoring in finance. — Doug Myers, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026