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Learn to pronounce jun·ior

/ˈjo͞onyər/
adjective
  1. of, for, or denoting young or younger people.
    "junior tennis"
    synonyms: younger, youngest
  2. low or lower in rank or status.
    "part of my function is to supervise those junior to me"
    synonyms: low-ranking, lower-ranking, subordinate, sub-, lesser, lower, minor, secondary, inferior, beneath, under

noun
  1. a person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else.
    "he's five years her junior"
  2. a person with low rank or status compared with others.
    "an office junior"
  3. a size of clothing for teenagers or slender women.

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May 31, 2024 · The meaning of JUNIOR is less advanced in age : younger —used chiefly to distinguish a son with the same given name as his father.
junior noun (YOUNGER) ... a young person below a particular age who is involved in an activity, especially sports: Saturday morning sessions are for juniors only.
Junior definition: younger (designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr.
1. the younger. written Jr. · 2. of more recent position or lower status. a junior partner, a junior lien · 3. of later date · 4. made up of younger members · 5. US.
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Junior Definition · A younger person. · A person of lower standing or rank. · A student in the next-to-last year of college or the eleventh grade in high school.
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JUNIOR meaning: 1 : younger in age; 2 : used chiefly in its abbreviated form Jr. to identify a son who has the same name as his father.
Jr. is a written abbreviation for Junior. It is used after a man's name to distinguish him from an older member of his family, usually his father, ...