junior

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈd͡ʒuniɚ/ UK /ˈd͡ʒuːniə/ See IPA manual

Freq #2302

Meanings

1

adj
Younger or lower in rank or position.

She started as a junior member of the team.
2

noun
A person who is younger than another.

He married a woman four years his junior.
3

adj
For or involving young people, especially in sport.

He plays in the local junior hockey league.

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Word family

Forms juniors

Derived forms junioritisjuniorityjuniormostjuniornessjuniorshipjuvenileprejuniorrejuvenatesubjunioryoung youth

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Phrases (1)

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junior officer
an officer of lower rank, often newly appointed

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Junior is a use of the Latin comparative of juvenis, “young,” and means “younger.” In English it was first used as an adjective following a family name.

Etymology

From junior. The town in West Virginia was established on November 13, 1897, and named after Henry G. Davis Jr. (1871–1896), a son of United States Senator from West Virginia Henry G. Davis (1823–1916) who had been drowned at sea off the Atlantic Coast of South Africa while returning home on the steamship Munkesenton.

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# junior

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈd͡ʒuniɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈd͡ʒuːniə/
**Frequency rank:** 2302

## Meanings
1. Younger or lower in rank or position.
2. A person who is younger than another.
3. For or involving young people, especially in sport.

## Examples
- She started as a junior member of the team.
- He married a woman four years his junior.
- He plays in the local junior hockey league.

## Derived Forms
- junioritis
- juniority
- juniormost
- juniorness
- juniorship
- juvenile
- prejunior
- rejuvenate
- subjunior
- young
- youth

## Etymology
From junior. The town in West Virginia was established on November 13, 1897, and named after Henry G. Davis Jr. (1871–1896), a son of United States Senator from West Virginia Henry G. Davis (1823–1916) who had been drowned at sea off the Atlantic Coast of South Africa while returning home on the steamship Munkesenton.

## AI Etymology
Junior comes from junior. The town in West Virginia was established on November 13, 1897, and named after Henry G. Davis Jr. (1871–1896), a son of United States Senator from West Virginia Henry G. Davis (1823–1916) who had been drowned at sea off the Atlantic Coast of South Africa while returning home on the steamship Munkesenton.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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