junior
gb/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/ us/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
B1
Английский
~ 2900
Значения
0 значений
adjective
B1
property
1
Lower in position or importance
Lower in position or importance than someone else.
Модель употребления:
[someone] is junior to [someone]
Частая ошибка:
Learners sometimes confuse 'junior' with 'younger' when talking about rank; 'junior' refers to position, not always age.
Синонимы
subordinate (More formal and often used in business or military contexts.)
Антонимы
senior (Refers to someone with higher rank, position, or status.)
Коллокации
junior employee
|junior partner
|junior officer
|junior member
Темы
work
|education
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Примеры
- 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.
Примеры для изучающих
- 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.
Модель употребления:
[someone] is junior to [someone] by [time period]
Частая ошибка:
Learners may overuse 'junior' instead of simply saying 'younger'. In casual speech, 'younger' is more common.
Синонимы
younger (A more general word for less age.)
Антонимы
elder (Refers to someone older in age, especially in family contexts.)
Коллокации
junior sibling
|junior colleague
Темы
family
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Примеры
- 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.
Примеры для изучающих
- 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.
Существительное
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.).
Частая ошибка:
Learners may confuse 'junior' with 'freshman' or 'sophomore'. The order is freshman, sophomore, junior, senior.
Синонимы
third-year student (A neutral descriptive term without regional specificity.)
Антонимы
senior (A student in their final year of study.)
Коллокации
high school junior
|college junior
Темы
education
|core_vocabulary
Примеры
- 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.
Примеры для изучающих
- I am a junior in college.
- She is a high school junior.
- He became a junior last year.
- Many juniors take part-time jobs.
Существительное
B1
entity
4
Person with lower position or rank
A person with a lower position than others at work or school.
Синонимы
subordinate (More formal and often used in official contexts.)
Антонимы
senior (A person with higher rank or status.)
Коллокации
train juniors
|mentor juniors
Темы
work
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Примеры
- 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.
Примеры для изучающих
- 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.
Частая ошибка:
Learners may incorrectly use 'junior' without understanding it only applies when names are identical between parent and child.
Синонимы
Jr. (The abbreviated form commonly used in writing.)
Темы
names
|relationships
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Примеры
- 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.
Примеры для изучающих
- My name is Paul Adams Junior.
- He is called James Brown Junior.
- His son is Michael Johnson Junior.
Грамматика
Словарная форма
junior
IPA
GB/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
US/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
Слоги и ударение
ju - ni - or (3 слога)
Stress on 1st syllable (ju)
Формы слова
Adjective
- Base: junior
Noun
- Base: junior
- Plural: juniors
Родственные слова
Forms
juniors
noun
Negative and opposite forms
senior
adjective B1
Выражения
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.
Примеры
- 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.
Примеры
- She teaches math at a junior high school.
- I met him when we were both in junior high school.