senior

Naija

Etymology

From: English senior

Pronunciation

• sínjɔ̀

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 10
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 709
• Frequency in raw corpus: 449
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 710

Adjective

senior: older -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Senior man.  — no translation

2. - (frequency:392)

   Na everything I use senior you.  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__85, By everything, I am your senior.)

   I, everything, I use senior you.  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__167, by all standards I am older than you.)

3. mark-obj (frequency:8)

   But e get one anointed brother wey dey stay with us wey senior us.  — (jw__17892, __no translation__)

   E no tey, I come meet one sister wey senior me, and e really pity me and show me love.  — (jw__8483, __no translation__)

4. obl:mod (frequency:7)

   Dat our senior for secondary school,  — (NST_cleaned__10066, __no translation__)

   Na Ezeudu be senior for this quarter for Umuofia.  — (katakata__576, __no translation__)

5. amod (frequency:5)

   Na im be di most senior pesin wey dem vote for inside our party, im tok.  — (bbc__5106, __no translation__)

   As Prof Uwakwe don comot, di most senior Director for di council, Mr Abubakar Gana na im go take over as di Acting Registrar.  — (bbc__16577, __no translation__)

6. advmod (frequency:5)

   Dis na di most senior official for Trump government wey go visit Nigeria.  — (bbc__41380, __no translation__)

   Akande tok say, Daura go hand over to di most senior officer of di State Security Service until further notice.  — (bbc__13513, __no translation__)

7. nsubj-obj (frequency:4)

   I senior you.  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__86, I am older than you)

   Jesus senior dem.  — (jw__38357, __no translation__)

8. mark-nsubj (frequency:3)

   Make you just accept sey I senior you,  — (LAG_22_I-Senior-You_DG__165, Just accept that I am older than you.)

   So, Jesus get at least six brothers and sisters wey e senior .  — (jw__19998, __no translation__)

9. cc-nsubj-obj (frequency:3)

   The elder don marry and e senior am.  — (jw__7224, __no translation__)

   Di woman senior me, but I senior am...  — (LAG_11_Adeniyi-Lifestory_MG__125, The woman is older than me, but I am her senior...)

10. mark-nsubj-obj (frequency:3)

    Make you just accept sey I senior you,  — (NST_cleaned__11625, __no translation__)

    Di woman go fit warn di man one day sey I senior you o!  — (BEN_37_French-President-Marriage_DG__64, The woman will be able to tell the man one day I am your senior ! )

11. cc (frequency:2)

    You get younger one, abi senior?  — (ABJ_GWA_13_Small-Jobs_DG__83, You have younger ones or older... ?)

    NTTF Team Nigeria wit dia new kit Di Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, NTTF, don sign three year deal wit Gewo to kit up di Nigeria team both junior and senior to compete for major competition dem around di world.  — (bbc__69556, __no translation__)

12. det-nmod (frequency:2)

    Dat our senior for secondary school,  — (JOS_04_Mummy-Wahala_DG__272, That our senior at secondary school.)

    Super Eagles midfielder John Ogu has stated that the Nigeria senior na ...  — (brila__1477, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• former 0.59 2155, junior 0.56 127, retired 0.54 39, assistant 0.54 300, special 0.53 1129, principal 0.53 112, chief 0.52 891, anti-robbery 0.51 41, commander 0.51 112

Antonyms

• former 0.59 2155, junior 0.56 127, retired 0.54 39, assistant 0.54 300, special 0.53 1129, principal 0.53 112, chief 0.52 891, anti-robbery 0.51 41, commander 0.51 112

Translations

• English: older

Verb

senior: older person -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Dat guy senior me by far. Senior man.  — no translation

Synonyms

• former 0.59 2155, junior 0.56 127, retired 0.54 39, assistant 0.54 300, special 0.53 1129, principal 0.53 112, chief 0.52 891, anti-robbery 0.51 41, commander 0.51 112

Antonyms

• former 0.59 2155, junior 0.56 127, retired 0.54 39, assistant 0.54 300, special 0.53 1129, principal 0.53 112, chief 0.52 891, anti-robbery 0.51 41, commander 0.51 112

Translations

• English: older person