What does SENIOR mean?

Definitions for SENIOR
ˈsin yərse·nior

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. seniornoun

    an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

  2. elder, senioradjective

    a person who is older than you are

  3. senioradjective

    older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service

    "senior officer"

  4. senior(a), fourth-yearadjective

    used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college

    "the senior prom"

  5. aged, elderly, older, senioradjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. seniornoun

    Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.

  2. seniornoun

    An elder or presbyter in the early Church.

  3. seniornoun

    Someone older than someone else (with possessive).

    He was four years her senior.

  4. seniornoun

    A final-year student at a high school or university.

  5. senioradjective

    Older; superior

  6. senioradjective

    Higher in rank within a publicly traded company or other organization.

  7. senioradjective

    of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

  8. Etymology: From senior, comparative form of senex; see senate.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SENIORnoun

    Etymology: senior, Latin.

    How can you admit your seniors to the examination or allowing of them, not only being inferior in office and calling, but in gifts also? John Whitgift.

    A senior of the place replies,
    Well read, and curious of antiquities. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. senior

    A senior generally refers to an individual who is at a higher position, more advanced stage, or older age than others. This term can be used in various contexts such as to denote an older person (usually over the age of 65 in societal terms); someone in the last year of high school or college; or someone who is more experienced in a professional context. In a familial context, it can also refer to the older or eldest member.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Senioradjective

    more advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel

  2. Senioradjective

    belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools

  3. Seniornoun

    a person who is older than another; one more advanced in life

  4. Seniornoun

    one older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade

  5. Seniornoun

    an aged person; an older

  6. Seniornoun

    one in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary

  7. Etymology: [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Senior

    sēn′yor, adj. elder: older in office.—n. one older than another, the elder of two persons in one family bearing the same name: one older in office: an aged person: one of the older fellows of a college, a student in the fourth year of the curriculum.—v.i. Sē′niorise, to lord it over.—n. Sēnior′ity, priority of birth, or of service: a body of seniors—also Sē′niory (Shak.). [L., comp. of senex.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SENIOR

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Senior is ranked #8518 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Senior surname appeared 3,864 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Senior.

    53.7% or 2,077 total occurrences were White.
    36.1% or 1,398 total occurrences were Black.
    7.5% or 291 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.1% or 83 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.2% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.1% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SENIOR' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1210

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SENIOR' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2195

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SENIOR' in Adjectives Frequency: #150

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Anagrams for SENIOR »

  1. rosine

  2. soneri

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SENIOR in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SENIOR in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of SENIOR in a Sentence

  1. Soeren Stache/dpa via AP:

    It is all correct, reimann senior and Reimann junior were guilty ... they belonged in jail.

  2. Chuck Grassley:

    If [the FBI] wants to avoid giving the impression that the FBI was pulling punches, because many people in a similar situation would face some sort of consequence, the agency must now be more transparent than ever in releasing information gathered during its investigation, that means more than simply giving the public a brief summary of his view of the facts. It should include the actual evidence so the public can make an educated decision on its own about the judgment and decision-making of all the senior officials involved.

  3. Jane Ratliff:

    For an older senior, who maybe is losing mobility and losing connection with their social networks, (technology) allows them to keep up with that social connection.

  4. Gary Schaer:

    For a state sorely in need of new revenues for vital needs such as programs and property tax relief for senior citizens and disabled residents, this is a win-win, this proposal would help bring a brighter economic future for our state.

  5. Debbie Stabenow:

    Republicans said the right things that day, the senior senator from South Carolina said soon after the riot that he was humiliated and embarrassed for our country, and that Trump should ‘ count him out. ’ But a few short weeks later, Trump counted him in for two days of golf and dining at Mar-a-Lago.

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