junior

[US]/ˈdʒuːniə(r)/
[UK]/ˈdʒuːniər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. younger in age or lower in position
n. a younger person, a person of lower rank or status

Phrases & Collocations

junior staff

junior position

junior high

junior high school

junior middle school

junior college

junior school

junior student

super junior

junior college student

junior partner

junior clerk

junior accountant

Example Sentences

be junior to sb.

the junior class; the junior prom.

She is junior to me.

I go to junior high.

a fairly junior level of management.

junior members of the staff

a lieutenant (of) junior grade

junior fashions; a junior sports league.

a junior officer; the junior senator from Texas.

his junior year in college.

the normal progression from junior to senior status.

a sleek and ambitious junior Minister.

She teaches a junior class.

He is three years junior to me.

He is the junior partner in the firm.

He has junior position in the company.

She is my junior by three years.

Junior tell I is the army him a'work for.

Real-world Examples

No. He's a junior. I'm a junior. I thought you liked the Cullens.

Source: Twilight Saga Selected

Because Sasha, our youngest, is a junior in high school.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

I told you, I'm a junior in college.

Source: VOA Let's Learn English (Level 1)

When the pandemic happened, I was a junior in college.

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2022 Collection

83 Tom is an excellent junior.

Source: My own English listening test.

An FSU school spokesman says Andrew Coffey was a junior who transferred to the university this semester.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2017 Collection

And that little Tyler punk may just very well be Lon Chaney junior.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 2

David Trueba fell in love with chemistry when he was a junior in high school.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2023 Collection

I'm not used to junior high school children, junior high school students.

Source: American English dialogue

He is my classmate of junior middle school.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

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