minor in English dictionary

  • minor

    Meanings and definitions of "minor"

    • Of little significance or importance.
    • (music) Of a musical scale in which some notes are sounded flat.
    • A person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability.
    • A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
    • (mathematics) determinant of a square submatrix
    • To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
    • adjective
      Of little significance or importance.
    • adjective
      (music)
      Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered
    • adjective
      (music)
      being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number
    • noun
      A person who is below the legal age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.
    • noun
      A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
    • noun
      (mathematics)
      determinant of a square submatrix
    • noun
      (British slang, dated)
      A younger brother (especially at a public school).
    • noun
      (zoology)
      A small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media.
    • verb
      To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
    • of little importance
    • musical scale
    • someone below the legal age
    • subject of secondary concentration
    • choose an area of secondary concentration
    • A person who is too young to be considered legally competent according to the laws of a jurisdiction.
    • adjective
      inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"
    • adjective
      lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"
    • adjective
      not of legal age; "minor children"
    • adjective
      (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"
    • adjective
      of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"
    • adjective
      of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"
    • adjective
      of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
    • adjective
      relatively moderate, limited, or small; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
    • adjective
      warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"
    • noun
      a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
    • verb
      have as one's secondary field of study; "in collee she minored in mathematics"

    Synonyms of "minor" in English dictionary

    insignificant, nipper, small-scale are the top synonyms of "minor" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "minor" in English dictionary

    major is the antonym of "minor" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of minor

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza minor; lm  liczba mnoga minors
    • minor ( third-person singular simple present minors, present participle minoring, simple past and past participle minored)
    • minor ( plural  minors)
    • minor ( comparative more minor, superlative most minor)
    • minor (comparative more minor, superlative most minor)
    • minor (plural minors)
    • minor (third-person singular simple present minors, present participle minoring, simple past and past participle minored)
  • Minor

    Meanings and definitions of "minor"

    • proper
      A surname.
  • MInor

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