senior

haut placé, supérieur

Qui occupe un poste plus élevé ou a davantage de responsabilités dans un travail ou un groupe.

En anglais simple : Having a higher position or greater responsibility in a job or group.

• Ask a senior member of staff.
• He became a senior manager last year.
• Several senior officers attended the meeting.

Comment l'utiliser : senior to someone (She is senior to me in the department.)

Synonymes : high-ranking, higher-ranking

Contraires : junior

Expressions courantes : senior manager, senior staff, senior officer, senior position

âgé

D’un âge avancé, notamment à l’âge habituel de la retraite ou au-delà.

En anglais simple : Older, especially at or beyond the usual age for stopping work.

• Senior citizens get cheaper tickets.
• The library offers classes for senior residents.
• Do you offer a senior discount?

Synonymes : older, elderly

Contraires : younger

Expressions courantes : senior citizen, senior citizens, senior discount, senior years

de dernière année, de fin de secondaire

Qui concerne la dernière année scolaire ou universitaire, ou les dernières années du secondaire.

En anglais simple : Relating to the final year of school or university, or the upper years of high school.

• She is in her senior year.
• Our senior prom is in May.
• He teaches science at a senior high school.

Contraires : junior

Expressions courantes : senior year, senior high school, senior prom, senior class

senior

Destiné aux joueurs au-dessus d’un certain âge ou niveau d’expérience, par opposition aux plus jeunes ou débutants.

En anglais simple : For players above a particular age or experience level, rather than younger or less experienced players.

• He joined the senior team.
• She won her first senior championship last year.
• The club has separate junior and senior leagues.

Synonymes : adult

Contraires : junior

Expressions courantes : senior team, senior league, senior hockey, senior competition

élève de terminale, étudiant de dernière année

Élève ou étudiant qui suit la dernière année du lycée ou d’un établissement d’enseignement supérieur.

En anglais simple : A student in the last year of high school, college, or university.

• My brother is a senior.
• The seniors are preparing for graduation.
• As a college senior, she began applying for jobs.

Comment l'utiliser : a senior at + school/university (She is a senior at a university in Boston.)

Synonymes : final-year student

Expressions courantes : high school senior, college senior, graduating senior, a senior at

personne âgée, aîné

Une personne plus âgée qu’une autre, ou un adulte âgé, généralement de 65 ans ou plus.

En anglais simple : A person who is older than another person, or an older adult, usually aged 65 or more.

• Seniors get cheaper tickets.
• She is five years his senior.
• The center offers exercise classes for seniors.

Comment l'utiliser : someone’s senior (He is two years my senior.)

Synonymes : older person, senior citizen

Contraires : junior

Expressions courantes : her senior, ten years senior, a senior discount

supérieur

Une personne dont le poste est plus élevé que celui d’une autre dans un travail ou un groupe.

En anglais simple : Someone who has a higher position than another person in a job or group.

• Ask your senior for advice.
• He showed respect to his seniors.
• Although she is younger, she is my senior at work.

Comment l'utiliser : someone's senior (She is my senior in the department.)

Synonymes : superior

Contraires : junior, subordinate

Expressions courantes : someone's senior, respect your senior, consult a senior