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major in
UK/ˈmeɪdʒə ɪn/US/ˈmeɪdʒər ɪn/MAJ·or in
Band 4-5speakingtask2
to study a particular subject as your main subject at university
Examples
“major in Economics”
“major in Biology”
“major in computer science”
Band 8 sentence
“At university I decided to major in Economics because I wanted a career in finance.”
Collocations
- major in + subject
- decide to major in
Word family
major vmajor nmajoring v-ing
Common mistakes
major on→major in
major at→major in
Say it for a higher band
5study→6do a degree in→7+major in
Synonyms
specialize in
Easily confused
specialize in
“She decided to specialize in environmental law for her master's degree.”
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