major in

phrasal verb

majored in; majoring in; majors in

US, of a college or university student

: to have (a specified subject) as one's main subject of study

plans to major in history

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Zipkin-Leed is a Los Angeles native who graduated from Tulane University with a double major in Marketing and Legal Studies in Business. —

Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025 That’s why the couple is back here one week later: to dig through the rubble in an attempt to find a katana sword said to have been surrendered to Sims’ grandfather William J. Sims II, then a major in the U.S. Marine Corps, near the end of World War II. —

Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025 Levy was a diplomacy major in high school and later volunteered once a week at a kindergarten for African refugees in southern Israel for 10 months. —

Eve Glover, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025 Or rather the beginning: Woods went on to major in musical theater at AMDA in New York, graduating in 2019. —

Kristen Tauer, WWD, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for major in