junior
gb/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/ us/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
B1
İngilizce
~ 2900
Anlamlar
0 anlam
adjective
B1
property
1
Lower in position or importance
Lower in position or importance than someone else.
Kullanım kalıbı:
[someone] is junior to [someone]
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners sometimes confuse 'junior' with 'younger' when talking about rank; 'junior' refers to position, not always age.
Eş anlamlılar
subordinate (More formal and often used in business or military contexts.)
Zıt anlamlılar
senior (Refers to someone with higher rank, position, or status.)
Eşdizimler
junior employee
|junior partner
|junior officer
|junior member
Konular
work
|education
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Örnekler
- 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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- 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.
Kullanım kalıbı:
[someone] is junior to [someone] by [time period]
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners may overuse 'junior' instead of simply saying 'younger'. In casual speech, 'younger' is more common.
Eş anlamlılar
younger (A more general word for less age.)
Zıt anlamlılar
elder (Refers to someone older in age, especially in family contexts.)
Eşdizimler
junior sibling
|junior colleague
Konular
family
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Örnekler
- 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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- 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.
İsim
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.).
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners may confuse 'junior' with 'freshman' or 'sophomore'. The order is freshman, sophomore, junior, senior.
Eş anlamlılar
third-year student (A neutral descriptive term without regional specificity.)
Zıt anlamlılar
senior (A student in their final year of study.)
Eşdizimler
high school junior
|college junior
Konular
education
|core_vocabulary
Örnekler
- 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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- I am a junior in college.
- She is a high school junior.
- He became a junior last year.
- Many juniors take part-time jobs.
İsim
B1
entity
4
Person with lower position or rank
A person with a lower position than others at work or school.
Eş anlamlılar
subordinate (More formal and often used in official contexts.)
Zıt anlamlılar
senior (A person with higher rank or status.)
Eşdizimler
train juniors
|mentor juniors
Konular
work
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Örnekler
- 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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- 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.
Sık yapılan hata:
Learners may incorrectly use 'junior' without understanding it only applies when names are identical between parent and child.
Eş anlamlılar
Jr. (The abbreviated form commonly used in writing.)
Konular
names
|relationships
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Örnekler
- 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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- My name is Paul Adams Junior.
- He is called James Brown Junior.
- His son is Michael Johnson Junior.
Dil bilgisi
Sözlük biçimi
junior
IPA
GB/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
US/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
Heceler ve vurgu
ju - ni - or (3 hece)
Stress on 1st syllable (ju)
Kelime biçimleri
Adjective
- Base: junior
Noun
- Base: junior
- Plural: juniors
Kelime ailesi
Forms
juniors
noun
Negative and opposite forms
senior
adjective B1
İfadeler
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.
Örnekler
- 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.
Örnekler
- She teaches math at a junior high school.
- I met him when we were both in junior high school.