junior

Everyday

1. Junior means younger, or for younger people, as in a junior school or junior football team. tree →
2. Junior means lower in rank or less experienced in a job, as in a junior doctor. tree →
3. (US, Canada) A junior is a student in the third year of a four-year high school or college. tree →
4. (US) «Junior» (Jr.) is added after the name of a son who has the same name as his father, and «Junior» is sometimes used as his nickname. tree →
5. (noun) You can be someone's junior, meaning younger than them, as in «three years my junior». tree →

In the lessons

In the UK, Ireland and Australia, «junior school» is the primary school for children about 7 to 11, and «the juniors» are pupils there. In sport, junior teams are for younger players. In jobs and hospitals, junior means newer or less senior. Phrases: «junior school», «junior league», «junior doctor», «three years my junior».

Examples

• My sister moves up to junior school next year. tree →
• He plays in the junior rugby team. tree →
• She's a junior doctor working night shifts. tree →
• In the US, my cousin is a junior in high school. tree →
• Martin Luther King Jr. was named after his father. tree →
• My brother is two years my junior. tree →
• The juniors had their sports day on Friday. tree →
• So the junior secretary did not at all mind being left. tree →

Note

Opposite: senior. «Junior to» (not «junior than»): «she is junior to him». In maths, «junior» on its own does not give a number; «three years my junior» means 3 years younger.