MAJOR: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "major"


Can also mean main / discipline / field / line of work / career / profession

The sign for MAJOR is produced with "B" hands. Your non-dominant hand's palm faces to the right and your dominant hand's palm faces to the left. Only the dominant hand moves forward off the non-dominant hand.


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Sample sentence: What is your major?

 

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Also see:
MAJORITY
WORK
DEPARTMENT
BUSINESS
ROLE
OFFICE

LARGE-[palm-rotate-forward-version] / huge / major / very big:

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Also glossed as: MAJOR-[school major or line of work] | MAJOR-profession

Where this sign is taught:

Reviewed in lessons: 21, 40

Practice sentences using this sign:

YOUR MAJOR WHAT? (What are you majoring in?)
YOUR MAJOR-[profession] WHAT? (What is your major in school or your line of work?)
MAJOR-[line-of-work] YOU INCOMPETENT WHAT? (What are you incompetent at?)