junior
gb/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/ us/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
B1
Ingles
~ 2900
Mga kahulugan
0 kahulugan
adjective
B1
property
1
Lower in position or importance
Lower in position or importance than someone else.
Padron ng paggamit:
[someone] is junior to [someone]
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners sometimes confuse 'junior' with 'younger' when talking about rank; 'junior' refers to position, not always age.
Mga kasingkahulugan
subordinate (More formal and often used in business or military contexts.)
Mga kasalungat
senior (Refers to someone with higher rank, position, or status.)
Mga kolokasyon
junior employee
|junior partner
|junior officer
|junior member
Mga tema
work
|education
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- 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.
Padron ng paggamit:
[someone] is junior to [someone] by [time period]
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners may overuse 'junior' instead of simply saying 'younger'. In casual speech, 'younger' is more common.
Mga kasingkahulugan
younger (A more general word for less age.)
Mga kasalungat
elder (Refers to someone older in age, especially in family contexts.)
Mga kolokasyon
junior sibling
|junior colleague
Mga tema
family
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- 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.
Pangngalan
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.).
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners may confuse 'junior' with 'freshman' or 'sophomore'. The order is freshman, sophomore, junior, senior.
Mga kasingkahulugan
third-year student (A neutral descriptive term without regional specificity.)
Mga kasalungat
senior (A student in their final year of study.)
Mga kolokasyon
high school junior
|college junior
Mga tema
education
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- I am a junior in college.
- She is a high school junior.
- He became a junior last year.
- Many juniors take part-time jobs.
Pangngalan
B1
entity
4
Person with lower position or rank
A person with a lower position than others at work or school.
Mga kasingkahulugan
subordinate (More formal and often used in official contexts.)
Mga kasalungat
senior (A person with higher rank or status.)
Mga kolokasyon
train juniors
|mentor juniors
Mga tema
work
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- 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.
Karaniwang pagkakamali:
Learners may incorrectly use 'junior' without understanding it only applies when names are identical between parent and child.
Mga kasingkahulugan
Jr. (The abbreviated form commonly used in writing.)
Mga tema
names
|relationships
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa para sa Nag-aaral
- My name is Paul Adams Junior.
- He is called James Brown Junior.
- His son is Michael Johnson Junior.
Gramatika
Anyo sa diksyunaryo
junior
IPA
GB/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
US/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
Mga pantig at diin
ju - ni - or (3 pantig)
Stress on 1st syllable (ju)
Mga anyo ng salita
Adjective
- Base: junior
Noun
- Base: junior
- Plural: juniors
Mga kaugnay na salita
Forms
juniors
noun
Negative and opposite forms
senior
adjective B1
Mga ekspresyon
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.
Mga Halimbawa
- 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.
Mga Halimbawa
- She teaches math at a junior high school.
- I met him when we were both in junior high school.