senior
US: /ˈsinjɝ/
UK: /sˈiːnjɐ/
UK: /sˈiːnjɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
senior /'si:njə/
- tính từ
- Senior nhiều tuổi hơn, bố (ghi sau tên họ người, để phân biệt hai bố con cùng tên hay hai ba học sinh cùng tên)
- John Smith Senior: Giôn Xmít bố
- nhiều tuổi hơn, cao cấp hơn, lâu năm hơn, ở trình độ cao hơn; ở trình độ cao nhất
- the senior members of the family: những người lớn tuổi trong gia đình
- the senior partner: giám đốc hãng buôn
- the senior clerk: người trưởng phòng
- he is two years senior to me: anh ấy hơn tôi hai tuổi
- Senior nhiều tuổi hơn, bố (ghi sau tên họ người, để phân biệt hai bố con cùng tên hay hai ba học sinh cùng tên)
- danh từ
- người lớn tuổi hơn
- he is my senior by ten years: anh ấy hơn tôi hai tuổi
- người nhiều thâm niên hơn, người chức cao hơn
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) sinh viên ở lớp thi tốt nghiệp
- người lớn tuổi hơn
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun
+ adjective
of high rank
1 ~ (to sb) high in rank or status; higher in rank or status than others: a senior officer / manager / lecturer + a senior partner in a law firm + a senior post / position + I have ten years' experience at senior management level. + (BrE) Junior nurses usually work alongside more senior nurses. + He is senior to me. + The meeting should be chaired by the most senior person present.
in sport
2 [only before noun] for adults or people at a more advanced level: to take part in senior competitions + He won the senior men's 400 metres.
father
3 (Senior) (abbreviation Snr., Sr) used after the name of a man who has the same name as his son, to avoid confusion
school / college
4 [only before noun] (BrE) (of a school or part of a school) for children over the age of 11 or 13
5 [only before noun] (AmE) connected with the last year in high school or college: the senior prom
+ noun
older person
1 a person who is older than sb else: She was ten years his senior. + My brother is my senior by two years.
Compare: JUNIOR
2 (especially AmE) = SENIOR CITIZEN
higher rank
3 a person who is higher in rank or status: She felt unappreciated both by her colleagues and her seniors.
in sport
4 adults or people who have reached an advanced level: tennis coaching for juniors and seniors
in school / college
5 (BrE) a child at a senior school; an older child in a school
6 (in the US and some other countries) a student in the last year at a high school or college: high school seniors
Compare: SOPHOMORE(also senior especially in AmE)
+ noun
an older person, especially sb who has RETIRED from work. People often call sb a 'senior citizen' to avoid saying that they are old or using the word 'old-age pensioner'.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
elder, older, Brit (postpositive) major; (higher-) ranking, superior, chief:
The senior members of the club are impossibly stuffy. You must not address your senior officer in such a manner.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be
ADV.
very
a meeting of all the very senior officers
| fairly, quite, relatively | enough, sufficiently
She wasn't senior enough to take such a decision.
PREP.
to
Is Mark senior to you?
Concise English dictionary
seniors'sɪːnɪə(r)
noun
+an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
+a person who is older than you are
adj.
+older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
+used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college
+advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
