- senior
- [[t]si͟ːnjə(r)[/t]]
♦♦seniors1) ADJ-GRADED: ADJ n The senior people in an organization or profession have the highest and most important jobs.
...senior officials in the Israeli government.
...the company's senior management...
Television and radio needed many more women in senior jobs.
Ant:2) ADJ: usu v-link ADJ to n If someone is senior to you in an organization or profession, they have a higher and more important job than you or they are considered to be superior to you because they have worked there for longer and have more experience.The position had to be filled by an officer senior to Haig...
Williams felt himself to be senior to all of them.
Ant:N-PLURAL: poss NYour seniors are the people who are senior to you.He was described by his seniors as a model officer.
3) N-SING: poss N Senior is used when indicating how much older one person is than another. For example, if someone is ten years your senior, they are ten years older than you.She became involved with a married man many years her senior.
Ant:4) N-COUNT Seniors are students in a high school, university, or college who are the oldest and who have reached an advanced level in their studies. [AM]5) ADJ: ADJ n If you take part in a sport at senior level, you take part in competitions with adults and people who have reached a high degree of achievement in that sport.This will be his fifth international championship and his third at senior level.
Ant:6) N-COUNT In sports such as golf and tennis, a senior is a professional player who is fairly old and who plays in special competitions against other older players.
English dictionary. 2008.
