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# senior

adjective (senior); noun (a senior, seniors)

«senior» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Older (a senior citizen). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#m1)
2. Higher in rank or position (a senior manager). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#m2)
3. (noun) A person who is older than another («she is my senior by two years»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#m3)
4. (noun, US, Canada) A student in the final year of high school or university. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#m4)
5. (noun) An older person, often retired (discounts for seniors). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#m5)
6. (sport, UK, Ireland, Australia) For adults or the top level (the senior team). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#m6)
7. «Senior» (Sr) after a name: the father with the same name as his son. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#m7)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, senior discounts and senior citizens; in school, seniors (US final-year pupils) and senior school (UK secondary school). In maths, ticket prices for seniors. Phrases: «senior citizen», «senior school», «senior to», «three years my senior».

### Examples

- Senior citizens get cheap bus tickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#x1)
- My brother is a senior in high school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#x2)
- She is a senior teacher at our school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#x3)
- He plays for the senior football team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#x4)
- Tickets cost 10 dollars for adults and 6 dollars for seniors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#x5)
- Mr Jones Senior and Mr Jones Junior. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#x6)
- She is two years my senior. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: junior. «Senior TO», not «senior than». Noun «seniority» (being older or higher in rank). In maths: price for 2 adults and 2 seniors at 10 and 6 dollars = 2 × 10 + 2 × 6 = 32 dollars.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «senior» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senior/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«senior» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/senior.html) on Mova free.