junior
gb/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/ us/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
B1
Английски
~ 2900
Значения
0 значения
adjective
B1
property
1
Lower in position or importance
Lower in position or importance than someone else.
Модел на употреба:
[someone] is junior to [someone]
Честа грешка:
Learners sometimes confuse 'junior' with 'younger' when talking about rank; 'junior' refers to position, not always age.
Синоними
subordinate (More formal and often used in business or military contexts.)
Антоними
senior (Refers to someone with higher rank, position, or status.)
Колокации
junior employee
|junior partner
|junior officer
|junior member
Теми
work
|education
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- She is junior to him in the company hierarchy.
- As a junior partner, he has less decision-making power.
- In the military, a junior officer follows orders from higher ranks.
- The junior staff are usually given simpler tasks.
- He started as a junior analyst and worked his way up.
Примери за учащи
- I am junior to my boss.
- She is a junior member of the team.
- He is a junior officer in the army.
- This job is for junior workers.
- We have many junior staff here.
adjective
B2
property
2
Younger than another person
Younger than someone else, often in a family.
Модел на употреба:
[someone] is junior to [someone] by [time period]
Честа грешка:
Learners may overuse 'junior' instead of simply saying 'younger'. In casual speech, 'younger' is more common.
Синоними
younger (A more general word for less age.)
Антоними
elder (Refers to someone older in age, especially in family contexts.)
Колокации
junior sibling
|junior colleague
Теми
family
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- He is three years junior to me.
- My brother is junior to me by two years.
- She is the junior sibling in the family.
- He married a woman ten years his junior.
Примери за учащи
- I am two years junior to her.
- My sister is junior to me.
- He is my junior brother.
- She married someone five years her junior.
Съществително
B1
entity
3
Third-year student in high school or college
A student in the third year of high school or college (in the U.S.).
Честа грешка:
Learners may confuse 'junior' with 'freshman' or 'sophomore'. The order is freshman, sophomore, junior, senior.
Синоними
third-year student (A neutral descriptive term without regional specificity.)
Антоними
senior (A student in their final year of study.)
Колокации
high school junior
|college junior
Теми
education
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- She’s a junior at Boston University.
- My son is a high school junior this year.
- Juniors can start applying for internships.
- As a junior, he took advanced classes.
Примери за учащи
- I am a junior in college.
- She is a high school junior.
- He became a junior last year.
- Many juniors take part-time jobs.
Съществително
B1
entity
4
Person with lower position or rank
A person with a lower position than others at work or school.
Синоними
subordinate (More formal and often used in official contexts.)
Антоними
senior (A person with higher rank or status.)
Колокации
train juniors
|mentor juniors
Теми
work
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- The seniors help train the juniors.
- She mentors juniors in the law firm.
- As a manager, you must guide your juniors.
- Juniors are expected to learn from seniors.
Примери за учащи
- I help new juniors at work.
- Juniors learn from seniors.
- She trains juniors at the office.
- We have ten juniors in our team.
suffix
B2
relation
5
'Jr.' after a son's name with same name as father
'Junior' after a name shows the man has the same name as his father and is younger.
Честа грешка:
Learners may incorrectly use 'junior' without understanding it only applies when names are identical between parent and child.
Синоними
Jr. (The abbreviated form commonly used in writing.)
Теми
names
|relationships
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Примери
- Martin Luther King Junior was a civil rights leader.
- His name is John Smith Junior, after his father.
- The award went to Robert Downey Junior.
Примери за учащи
- My name is Paul Adams Junior.
- He is called James Brown Junior.
- His son is Michael Johnson Junior.
Граматика
Речникова форма
junior
IPA
GB/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
US/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
Срички и ударение
ju - ni - or (3 срички)
Stress on 1st syllable (ju)
Форми на думата
Adjective
- Base: junior
Noun
- Base: junior
- Plural: juniors
Семейство думи
Forms
juniors
noun
Negative and opposite forms
senior
adjective B1
Изрази
be someone's junior
1/bˈi sˈʌmwˌʌnz d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
fixed phrase
Be lower in rank or younger than someone else
To have a lower position or be younger than another person.
Примери
- She is my junior by two years at work.
- He is my junior by three ranks in the army.
junior high school
1/d͡ʒˈunjɚ hˈaɪ skˈul/
fixed phrase
School between elementary and high school
A school for students between elementary and high school, usually grades 7–9 in the U.S.
Примери
- She teaches math at a junior high school.
- I met him when we were both in junior high school.