junior
gb/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/ us/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
B1
Inglese
~ 2900
Accezioni
0 accezioni
adjective
B1
property
1
Lower in position or importance
Lower in position or importance than someone else.
Schema d'uso:
[someone] is junior to [someone]
Errore comune:
Learners sometimes confuse 'junior' with 'younger' when talking about rank; 'junior' refers to position, not always age.
Sinonimi
subordinate (More formal and often used in business or military contexts.)
Contrari
senior (Refers to someone with higher rank, position, or status.)
Collocazioni
junior employee
|junior partner
|junior officer
|junior member
Temi
work
|education
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Esempi
- 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.
Esempi per chi studia
- 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.
Schema d'uso:
[someone] is junior to [someone] by [time period]
Errore comune:
Learners may overuse 'junior' instead of simply saying 'younger'. In casual speech, 'younger' is more common.
Sinonimi
younger (A more general word for less age.)
Contrari
elder (Refers to someone older in age, especially in family contexts.)
Collocazioni
junior sibling
|junior colleague
Temi
family
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Esempi
- 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.
Esempi per chi studia
- 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.
Sostantivo
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.).
Errore comune:
Learners may confuse 'junior' with 'freshman' or 'sophomore'. The order is freshman, sophomore, junior, senior.
Sinonimi
third-year student (A neutral descriptive term without regional specificity.)
Contrari
senior (A student in their final year of study.)
Collocazioni
high school junior
|college junior
Temi
education
|core_vocabulary
Esempi
- 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.
Esempi per chi studia
- I am a junior in college.
- She is a high school junior.
- He became a junior last year.
- Many juniors take part-time jobs.
Sostantivo
B1
entity
4
Person with lower position or rank
A person with a lower position than others at work or school.
Sinonimi
subordinate (More formal and often used in official contexts.)
Contrari
senior (A person with higher rank or status.)
Collocazioni
train juniors
|mentor juniors
Temi
work
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Esempi
- 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.
Esempi per chi studia
- 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.
Errore comune:
Learners may incorrectly use 'junior' without understanding it only applies when names are identical between parent and child.
Sinonimi
Jr. (The abbreviated form commonly used in writing.)
Temi
names
|relationships
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Esempi
- 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.
Esempi per chi studia
- My name is Paul Adams Junior.
- He is called James Brown Junior.
- His son is Michael Johnson Junior.
Grammatica
Forma base
junior
IPA
GB/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
US/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
Sillabe e accento
ju - ni - or (3 sillabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (ju)
Forme flesse
Adjective
- Base: junior
Noun
- Base: junior
- Plural: juniors
Famiglia di parole
Forms
juniors
noun
Negative and opposite forms
senior
adjective B1
Espressioni
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.
Esempi
- 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.
Esempi
- She teaches math at a junior high school.
- I met him when we were both in junior high school.