MAJOR (IN) Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

major (in)

verb

Definition of major (in)

as in to find out

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When people can’t easily find out how much water and power a site will use, or who actually benefits, politicians fill the gap with rhetoric.

— Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Nivola and Britton are tight-lipped, preferring to let viewers find out for themselves.

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of find out

Verb

Blair had tears running down her face, while her team worked to explain what happened.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
There’s a marshy creek that runs down the west side of the property, and that creekbottom transitions to a 100-yard-wide stretch of hardwoods that border a hayfield.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of run down

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In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge convened a board to study aviation for national defense.

— Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The structure combines features of honeycomb and Kagome lattices, arrangements that scientists study for their unusual electronic properties.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of study

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The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case about the role race plays in middle school admissions, three years after a majority on the high court struck down affirmative action in college.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Trying to exonerate herself, Erin lays out this confusing defense about how her makeup guy heard about Sai’s divorce at a beauty event.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of hear

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The researchers also detected these predictive responses in two sensory-processing regions of the thalamus, suggesting that anticipation involves multiple structures beneath the cerebral cortex.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Security software may help detect harmful scripts or their effects, although no antivirus product can guarantee protection against every attack.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of detect

Verb

The Kern County Coroner’s office will determine his cause of death, Hardy said.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The spacecraft is expected to land near the Moon’s south pole, where the computer will undergo tests to determine whether advanced computing systems can operate reliably in the lunar environment.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of determine

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Bland said detectives were looking to interview staff and the suspect to ascertain a motive for the attack.

— Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Many children will train at three or four of the ‘pre-academy’ centres run by professional clubs to ascertain a preference before choosing which club to officially join at under-nine.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of ascertain

Verb

Even if consumers have difficulty discerning chemicals in flossing products, the environmental scientist encourages people not to stop flossing.

— Margaret Hetherman The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Echo chambers, firehoses of information, discerning what’s real and what’s AI-generated, all accumulate to chip away at trust.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of discern

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