Word info

double major

Speech parts

1. double major - Noun

2. double major - Verb

Meaning

Two main areas of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
I'm working on a double major in biology and education so I can teach middle school science classes after I graduate.

A student at a college or university concentrating on two given areas of study.
Her class schedule is really hectic because she's a double major in dance and biochemistry.

double-major (third-person singular simple present double-majors, present participle double-majoring, simple past and past participle double-majored)

to concentrate on two particular areas of study as a student in a college or university
If I double-major in anthropology and neuroscience, I will barely have enough time to sleep.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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double-major

Examples

I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science. Joe Biden

At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United States would be a double major in Russian and French, but I have to admit that the pressure of getting through so many books spoiled reading for me. Kate Beckinsale

I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling. Dan Gable

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