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kingly, queenly, princely: With majestic ceremony, the
procession entered the cathedral. 2 pompous, supercilious,
disdainful, superior, arrogant, haughty, magisterial, imperious,
grandiose, affected: She dismissed him with a majestic wave of
her hand.
major adj. 1 larger, greater, bigger, main, chief, important:
Henderson grabbed the major portion of the credit. 2 vital,
important, critical, crucial, principal, foremost, paramount,
primary, prime, main, big, biggest, pre-eminent, notable,
noteworthy, significant, outstanding, dominant, dominating;
serious, grave, worst: The major problem in commercial kitchens
is sanitation.
majority n. 1 bulk, preponderance, mass, more than half, the better or
best part, the greater part or number, lion's share: The
majority of shares were bought by existing shareholders. 2
adulthood, maturity, seniority, womanhood, manhood: They reach
their majority in 1997.
make v. 1 build, assemble, construct, erect, put together, set up,
fashion, form, mould, shape, frame, create, originate,
fabricate, manufacture, produce, put out, forge, contrive,
devise: She makes her own dresses. They make TV sets here. The
Colossus of Rhodes was said to be made of bronze. 2 cause,
compel, force, impel, coerce, provoke, urge, exhort, press,
pressure, require, command, order, induce, persuade, prevail
upon, insist upon, oblige, Brit pressurize: The devil made me
do it. 3 bring about, occasion, cause, give rise to: The new
regulation is going to make trouble for you. 4 make out or up,
draw (up), create, write, sign, frame: I made a new will
leaving everything to my children. 5 produce, cause, create,
generate: The engine made a funny noise, then died. 6 enact,
pass, frame, establish, institute: He thinks that laws were
made to be broken. 7 earn, return, reap, garner, take in, get,
procure, gather, clear, realize, gross, net, pocket, get,
acquire, obtain, receive; win, gain, Slang US pull down: Has
her invention made money? He makes a good living out of his
shop. He made œ25 playing poker. 8 amount to, constitute,
represent, add up to, total, come to: He knows how many beans
make five. Three and two do not make four. One singer does not
make an opera. 9 change, turn, alter, modify, transform,
convert; transmute, mutate, metamorphose: He made her into a