junior
gb/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/ us/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
B1
Αγγλικά
~ 2900
Σημασίες
0 σημασίες
adjective
B1
property
1
Lower in position or importance
Lower in position or importance than someone else.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[someone] is junior to [someone]
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse 'junior' with 'younger' when talking about rank; 'junior' refers to position, not always age.
Συνώνυμα
subordinate (More formal and often used in business or military contexts.)
Αντώνυμα
senior (Refers to someone with higher rank, position, or status.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
junior employee
|junior partner
|junior officer
|junior member
Θέματα
work
|education
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- 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.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[someone] is junior to [someone] by [time period]
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may overuse 'junior' instead of simply saying 'younger'. In casual speech, 'younger' is more common.
Συνώνυμα
younger (A more general word for less age.)
Αντώνυμα
elder (Refers to someone older in age, especially in family contexts.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
junior sibling
|junior colleague
Θέματα
family
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- 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.
Ουσιαστικό
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.).
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may confuse 'junior' with 'freshman' or 'sophomore'. The order is freshman, sophomore, junior, senior.
Συνώνυμα
third-year student (A neutral descriptive term without regional specificity.)
Αντώνυμα
senior (A student in their final year of study.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
high school junior
|college junior
Θέματα
education
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- I am a junior in college.
- She is a high school junior.
- He became a junior last year.
- Many juniors take part-time jobs.
Ουσιαστικό
B1
entity
4
Person with lower position or rank
A person with a lower position than others at work or school.
Συνώνυμα
subordinate (More formal and often used in official contexts.)
Αντώνυμα
senior (A person with higher rank or status.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
train juniors
|mentor juniors
Θέματα
work
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- 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.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may incorrectly use 'junior' without understanding it only applies when names are identical between parent and child.
Συνώνυμα
Jr. (The abbreviated form commonly used in writing.)
Θέματα
names
|relationships
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- My name is Paul Adams Junior.
- He is called James Brown Junior.
- His son is Michael Johnson Junior.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
junior
IPA
GB/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
US/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
ju - ni - or (3 συλλαβές)
Stress on 1st syllable (ju)
Τύποι λέξης
Adjective
- Base: junior
Noun
- Base: junior
- Plural: juniors
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Forms
juniors
noun
Negative and opposite forms
senior
adjective B1
Εκφράσεις
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.
Παραδείγματα
- 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.
Παραδείγματα
- She teaches math at a junior high school.
- I met him when we were both in junior high school.