senior
/'si:njə/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Older in age: Having lived for a longer time; of a greater age.
- Higher in rank or status: Having a higher position, longer service, or greater authority within an organization.
- Relating to the final year: Pertaining to the fourth and final year of a standard U.S. high school or undergraduate college program.
Noun:
- An older person: A person who is older than another specified person or group.
- A person of higher rank: A person with longer service or superior position in a job or organization.
- A final-year student: An undergraduate student in their last year of study before graduation.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- She is senior to me by five years. (She is five years older than I am.)
- He holds a senior position in the company. (He has a high-ranking job in the company.)
- She is a senior student at the university. (She is in her final year of university.)
Noun:
- He is my senior at work. (He has a higher position than I do at work.)
- She is my senior by a decade. (She is ten years older than I am.)
- The seniors are preparing for their final exams. (The final-year students are getting ready for their last exams.)
Advanced Usage
- "Senior citizen": A polite term for an elderly person, especially one who is retired.
- Discounts are available for senior citizens.
- "Senior moment": A humorous, informal term for a temporary lapse in memory, often associated with aging.
- I forgot my keys again—must be having a senior moment.
Variants and Related Words
- Seniority (n): The state of being senior; precedence or higher status gained by length of service or age.
- Promotion is based on merit and seniority.
- Seniormost (adj): The most senior; having the highest rank or longest service.
- He is the seniormost officer in the division.
Synonyms
- Adjective (older): Elder, older.
- Adjective (higher-ranking): Superior, higher-up, chief.
- Noun (older person): Elder.
- Noun (final-year student): Finalist, fourth-year (in some contexts).
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
(Note: "Senior" is not commonly used to form phrasal verbs. Its related phrases are typically compound nouns or set expressions.)
Related Idioms
- "To be someone's senior": To be older or of higher rank than someone.
- In both age and experience, she is his senior.
- "Seniority rules": A principle where decisions, privileges, or promotions are granted based on length of service.
- In this union, seniority rules when it comes to shift selection.
Adjective
- advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
- aged members of the society
- elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper
- senior citizen
- used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college
- the senior prom
- older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
- senior officer
Noun
- a person who is older than you are
- an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation