junior
gb/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/ us/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
B1
ఆంగ్లం
~ 2900
అర్థాలు
0 అర్థాలు
adjective
B1
property
1
Lower in position or importance
Lower in position or importance than someone else.
వాడుక నమూనా:
[someone] is junior to [someone]
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners sometimes confuse 'junior' with 'younger' when talking about rank; 'junior' refers to position, not always age.
పర్యాయపదాలు
subordinate (More formal and often used in business or military contexts.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
senior (Refers to someone with higher rank, position, or status.)
పదకలయికలు
junior employee
|junior partner
|junior officer
|junior member
విషయాలు
work
|education
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
వాడుక నమూనా:
[someone] is junior to [someone] by [time period]
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners may overuse 'junior' instead of simply saying 'younger'. In casual speech, 'younger' is more common.
పర్యాయపదాలు
younger (A more general word for less age.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
elder (Refers to someone older in age, especially in family contexts.)
పదకలయికలు
junior sibling
|junior colleague
విషయాలు
family
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
నామవాచకం
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.).
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners may confuse 'junior' with 'freshman' or 'sophomore'. The order is freshman, sophomore, junior, senior.
పర్యాయపదాలు
third-year student (A neutral descriptive term without regional specificity.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
senior (A student in their final year of study.)
పదకలయికలు
high school junior
|college junior
విషయాలు
education
|core_vocabulary
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- I am a junior in college.
- She is a high school junior.
- He became a junior last year.
- Many juniors take part-time jobs.
నామవాచకం
B1
entity
4
Person with lower position or rank
A person with a lower position than others at work or school.
పర్యాయపదాలు
subordinate (More formal and often used in official contexts.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
senior (A person with higher rank or status.)
పదకలయికలు
train juniors
|mentor juniors
విషయాలు
work
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners may incorrectly use 'junior' without understanding it only applies when names are identical between parent and child.
పర్యాయపదాలు
Jr. (The abbreviated form commonly used in writing.)
విషయాలు
names
|relationships
|communication
|core_vocabulary
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- My name is Paul Adams Junior.
- He is called James Brown Junior.
- His son is Michael Johnson Junior.
వ్యాకరణం
నిఘంటు రూపం
junior
IPA
GB/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
US/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
అక్షరఖండాలు & ఒత్తు
ju - ni - or (3 అక్షరఖండాలు)
Stress on 1st syllable (ju)
పద రూపాలు
Adjective
- Base: junior
Noun
- Base: junior
- Plural: juniors
సంబంధిత పదాలు
Forms
juniors
noun
Negative and opposite forms
senior
adjective B1
పదప్రయోగాలు
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.
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
ఉదాహరణలు
- She teaches math at a junior high school.
- I met him when we were both in junior high school.