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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The budding culture warrior majored in politics and, after graduating in 2003, headed off to his first job as an equity capital market analyst on Wall Street. —

Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025 Tyler Sabapathy, 18, was a native of Toronto and a first-year student at the university’s College of Public Health, majoring in exercise and sport science, Temple officials said. —

David K. Li, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025 Members of these groups are lost at every step of the training pipeline; fewer major in the sciences, fewer of them enter graduate school, and a smaller percentage of those pursue faculty positions. —

John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025 Tyler Sabapathy was an accomplished gymnast A native of Toronto, Canada, Sabapathy had been majoring in exercise and sport science and was a member of the university’s club gymnastics team. —

Maria Francis, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for major in