minor

minor

underage person

Not to be confused with:

miner – a person who works in a mine; a mechanical device used in mining

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mi·nor

 (mī′nər)

adj.

1. Lesser or smaller in amount, extent, or size.

2. Lesser in importance, rank, or stature: a minor politician.

3. Lesser in seriousness or danger: a minor injury.

4. Law Not having reached legal adulthood.

5. Chiefly British Relating to or being the younger or junior of two pupils with the same surname.

6. Of or relating to a secondary area of academic specialization.

7. Logic Dealing with a more restricted category.

8. Music

a. Relating to or being a minor scale.

b. Less in distance by a half step than the corresponding major interval.

c. Based on a minor scale: a minor key.

n.

1. One that is lesser in comparison with others of the same class.

2. Law One who has not reached legal adulthood.

3.

a. A secondary area of specialized academic study, requiring fewer courses or credits than a major.

b. One studying in a secondary area of specialization: She is a physics minor.

4. Logic

a. A minor premise.

b. A minor term.

5. Music A minor key, scale, or interval.

6. minors Sports The minor leagues of a sport, especially baseball.

intr.v. mi·nored, mi·nor·ing, mi·nors

To pursue academic studies in a minor field: minored in music.

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[Middle English minour, from Old French menour and from Latin minor (Old French, from Latin); see mei- in Indo-European roots.]

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minor

(ˈmaɪnə)

adj

1. lesser or secondary in amount, extent, importance, or degree: a minor poet; minor burns.

2. of or relating to the minority

3. (Law) below the age of legal majority

4. (Music, other) music

a. (of a scale) having a semitone between the second and third and fifth and sixth degrees (natural minor). See also harmonic minor scale, melodic minor scale

b. (of a key) based on the minor scale

c. (postpositive) denoting a specified key based on the minor scale: C minor.

d. (of an interval) reduced by a semitone from the major

e. (of a chord, esp a triad) having a minor third above the root

f. (esp in jazz) of or relating to a chord built upon a minor triad and containing a minor seventh: a minor ninth. See also minor key, minor mode

5. (Logic) logic (of a term or premise) having less generality or scope than another term or proposition

6. (Education) education US of or relating to an additional secondary subject taken by a student

7. (immediately postpositive) Brit the younger or junior: sometimes used after the surname of a schoolboy if he has an older brother in the same school: Hunt minor.

8. (Music, other) (postpositive) bell-ringing of, relating to, or denoting a set of changes rung on six bells: grandsire minor.

n

9. a person or thing that is lesser or secondary

10. (Law) a person below the age of legal majority

11. (Education) education US and Canadian a subsidiary subject in which a college or university student needs fewer credits than in his or her major

12. (Music, other) music a minor key, chord, mode, or scale

13. (Logic) logic a minor term or premise

14. (Mathematics) maths

a. a determinant associated with a particular element of a given determinant and formed by removing the row and column containing that element

b. Also called: cofactor or signed minor the number equal to this reduced determinant

15. (Roman Catholic Church) (capital) another name for Minorite

vb

(Education) education (usually foll by: in) US to take a minor

[C13: from Latin: less, smaller; related to Old High German minniro smaller, Gothic minniza least, Latin minuere to diminish, Greek meiōn less]

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mi•nor

(ˈmaɪ nər)

adj.

1. lesser, as in size, extent, or amount, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.

2. lesser, as in seriousness, importance, or rank: a minor wound; a minor role.

3. under full legal age.

4. of or pertaining to a student's academic minor.

5.

a. (of a musical interval) smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding major interval.

b. (of a chord) containing a minor third.

c. based on a minor scale: a minor key.

6. of or pertaining to the minority.

n.

7. a person under full legal age.

8. a subject or course of study pursued secondarily to a major subject or course.

9. a minor musical interval, chord, scale, etc.

10. the minors, the minor leagues.

v.i.

11. to choose or study as a secondary academic subject or course: to minor in biology.

[1250–1300; Middle English < Latin: smaller, less; akin to Old English min small, Skt mīnāti (he) diminishes]

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minor

Past participle: minored
Gerund: minoring

Imperative

minor

minor

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minor

A field of study that a student is not specializing in and which requires fewer credits, or a student studying such a field. To minor in something is to study it as as a secondary field.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	minor - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" child, kid, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke child's body - the body of a human child juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed bairn - a child: son or daughter buster - a robust child changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy" foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parents scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievous kiddy - a young child orphan - a child who has lost both parents peanut - a young child who is small for his age poster child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy" kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" sprog - a child bambino, toddler, yearling, tot - a young child urchin - poor and often mischievous city child street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
Adj.	1.	minor - 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" major - of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways"
	2.	minor - lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance" major - greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding"
	3.	minor - inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor" major - greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings"
	4.	minor - of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner major - of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major"
	5.	minor - not of legal age; "minor children"   nonaged, underage law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" major - of full legal age
	6.	minor - of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance" major - of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness"
	7.	minor - of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization major - of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics"
	8.	minor - of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
	9.	minor - warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin" venial theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth pardonable - admitting of being pardoned
	10.	minor - limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country" pocket-size, pocket-sized, small, small-scale, modest limited - small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends"

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minor

adjective

1. small, lesser, subordinate, smaller, light, slight, secondary, petty, inferior, trivial, trifling, insignificant, negligible, unimportant, paltry, inconsequential, inconsiderable, nickel-and-dime (U.S. slang) She is known for a number of minor roles in films.
small important, great, major, serious, heavy, grand, significant, considerable, substantial, superior, weighty, consequential, appreciable

2. unknown, obscure, little-known, lightweight, insignificant, unimportant, small-time (informal), minor-league (U.S.), two-bit (U.S. informal) a minor poet and wannabe actor

noun

1. child, youth, teenager, infant, adolescent, kid (informal), teen (informal), munchkin (informal, chiefly U.S.), littlie (Austral. informal) The approach has virtually ended cigarette sales to minors.

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minor

adjective

1. Below another in standing or importance:

inferior, junior, lesser, low, lower, minor-league, petty, secondary, small, subaltern, subordinate, under.

Informal: smalltime.

2. Law. Not yet a legal adult:

underage.

noun

Law. One who is not yet legally of age:

child, juvenile.

Law: infant.

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Translations

أقَلثَانَوِيٌّقَاصِرٌقاصِرمَوْضوع ثانوي في الدراسَة الجامِعِيَّه

-ádruhořadýmenšínedospělýnezletilý

mindremindreårigbifag

MinderjährigeMinderjährigerMollNebenfachunbedeutend

ανήλικοςασήμαντοςελάσσων

menorsecundariode poca importanciaestudiar como asignatura secundaria

alaikäinenvähäinen

mineursecondaire

maloljetnikminoran

kiskorúmelléktantárgy

ólögráîa maîursmávægilegur

minoreminorenneminore et...Asia minoregoverno di minoranza

小さい方の未成年者

미성년자사소한

mažumašalutinisšalutinis specializacijos dalykasstudijuoti kaip šalutinę specialybęsudaryti mažumą

macities otrškirigu priekšmetumazāksmazsvarīgāksnepilngadīgaisotrškirigs studiju priekšmets

kleinerminderjarige

mindreårigstøttefagstudieretningsfagta som støttefagumyndig

mniejszynieletni

menor de idadesecundário

малозначительныйминормладшийнедоросль

vedľajší odbor vysokoškolského štúdia

majhenmanj pomembenmladoletnik

mindreunderårig

เป็นรองผู้เยาว์

küçükufakönemsizreşit olmayan kimseikinci branş

thứ yếuvị thành niên

未成年人较小的辅修次要的副修科目

minor

[ˈmaɪnəʳ]

A. ADJ

1. (= small, unimportant) [problem] → de poca importancia; [adjustment, detail] → menor, de poca importancia; [change, damage, poet, work] → menor; [role] (in film, play) → secundario; (in negotiations) → de poca importancia; [road] → secundario
of minor importance → de poca importancia

2. (= not serious) [injury] → leve; [illness] → poco grave; [surgery, operation] → de poca importancia

3. (Mus) [chord] → menor
in F minor → en fa menor
in a minor key → en clave menor

4. (Brit) (Scol) (o.f.) Smith minor → Smith el pequeño, Smith el menor

B. N

1. (Jur) → menor mf (de edad)

2. (US) (Univ) → asignatura f secundaria

C. VI (US) (Univ) to minor in sth → estudiar algo como asignatura secundaria

D. CPD minor league N (Baseball) → liga f menor
see also minor-league minor offence (Brit) minor offense (US) N → delito m de menor cuantía

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minor

[ˈmaɪnə^r]

adj

(= not important) → mineur(e); [role, part] → mineur(e); [incident] → mineur(e); [artist, writer] → mineur(e); [change] → mineur(e)
a minor problem → un problème mineur
to be of minor importance → être d'importance mineure

(= not serious) [operation, illness, injury] → bénin/igne; [damage, repairs] → mineur(e)
a minor operation → une opération bénigne

[key] → mineur(e)

n

(= person below age of majority) → mineur(e) m/f

(= key) in D minor → en ré mineur

(US) a history minor (= student) → un étudiant qui fait histoire en sous-dominante

vi (US) to minor in sth [student] → faire qch en sous-dominante, Je fais informatique en sous-dominante

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minor

adj

(= of lesser extent) → kleiner; (= of lesser importance) → unbedeutend, unwichtig; offence, illness, operation, injuries → leicht; surgery → klein; interest, importance → geringer; poet, position → unbedeutend; prophet, planet → klein; minor road → Nebenstraße f; a minor role → eine Nebenrolle, eine kleinere Rolle; he only played a minor role in the company → er spielte in der Firma nur eine untergeordnete Rolle; I have one or two minor criticisms of the hotel → ich habe an dem Hotel nur ein paar Kleinigkeiten auszusetzen

(Mus) → Moll-; minor key → Molltonart f; minor scale → Molltonleiter f; G/E flat/C sharp minor → g-/es-/cis-Moll nt; minor third → kleine Terz; the novel ends in a minor key or on a minor note → der Roman endet mit einer traurigen Note

(Brit Sch inf) Smith minor → Smith der Jüngere

n

(Mus) the minor → Moll nt; the music shifts to the minor → die Musik wechselt nach Moll über or geht in die Molltonart über

(Jur) → Minderjährige(r) mf

(US Univ) → Nebenfach nt

vi (US Univ) → im Nebenfach studieren (→ in +acc)

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minor

[ˈmaɪnəʳ]

1. adj (also) (Math, Mus) → minore; (detail, role) → secondario/a, di poca importanza; (importance) → secondario/a; (repairs, operation, expense) → piccolo/a

2. n

a. (Law) → minore m/f, minorenne m/f

b. (Am) (Univ) → materia complementare

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minor

(ˈmainə) adjective

1. less, or little, in importance, size etc. Always halt when driving from a minor road on to a major road; She has to go into hospital for a minor operation. klein أقَل малък pouco importante menší, vedlejší kleiner mindre μικρός, ασήμαντος, δευτερεύωνmenor väiksem کم vähäinen secondaire, mineur, petitמשני छोटा, लघु sporedni kisebb kecil smávægilegur minore, secondario (より) 小さい 보다 작은, 중요하지 않은 nedidelis, šalutinis mazāks; mazsvarīgāks kecil kleinmindre, underordnetmniejszy, niewielki, drobny لږ pouco importante minor, secundar, neimportant незначительный; второстепенный menší, vedľajší manj pomemben manji mindre เล็กน้อย küçük, ufak, önemsiz 較小的，次要的 менший اہمیت، حجم وغیرہ میں کم nhỏ; thứ yếu 较小的，次要的

2. (American) a secondary subject that a student chooses to study at university or college. Her major is in physics, but she has a minor in computer science. keusevak مَوْضوع ثانوي في الدراسَة الجامِعِيَّه втора специалност formação secundária vedlejší obor das Nebenfach bifag επιλεγόμενο μάθημα στο πανεπιστήμιο secundario kõrvalaine, lisaeriala رشته فرعی sivuaine matière secondaire חוּג מִשנִי गौण विषय pomoćni melléktantárgy mata pelajaran tambahan (materia secondaria studiata all'università) （大学の）副専攻科目 부전공의 ðalutinis specializacijos dalykas otršķirīgs studiju priekšmets mata pelajaran tambahan bijvak støttefag; studieretningsfag فرعى څانګه непрофилирующий предмет vedľajší odbor vysokoškolského štúdia stranski predmet sporedni predmet biämne ซึ่งเป็นวิชารอง ikinci branş (美)副修科目 другорядний, непрофілюючий предмет کالج میں لیا گیا ثانوی موضوع đề tài phụ 副修科目

verb

(American) to study something as a minor subject. He is minoring in French. keusevak studeer يدرُس كموضوع ثانوي изучавам като втора специалност formar studovat vedlejší obor im Nebenfach studieren tage bifagseksamen παρακολουθώ επιλεγόμενο (δευτερεύον) μάθημα estudiar como asignatura secundaria kõrvalainena õppima, lisaeriala õppima در رشته فرعی تحصیل کردن opiskella sivuaineenaan étudier qqch comme matière secondaire לִלמוֹד בְּחוּג מִשנִי गौण विषय का अध्ययन dodatno studirati melléktantárgyként felvesz mempelajari sesuatu sebagai mata pelajaran tambahan (studiare una materia secondaria all'università) 副専攻する 부전공을 하다 studijuoti kaip šalutinę specialybę mācīties otršķirīgu priekšmetu mempelajari sesuatu sebagai mata pelajaran tambahan als bijvak studeren ta som støttefag studiować jako przedmiot poboczny په فرعى څانګه كښى تحصيل كول изучать как второй предмет študovať ako vedľajší odbor imeti za stranski predmet studirati nešto kao sporedni predmet läsa som biämne เรียนเป็นวิชารอง ikinci branş olarak almak (美)副修 вивчати непрофілюючий предмет کسی موضوع کو ثانوی طور پر پڑھنا học như một đề tài phụ 辅修

noun

a person who is not yet legally an adult. minderjarige قاصِر непълнолетен menor nedospělý, -á der/die Minderjährige mindreårig ανήλικοςmenor alaealine صغیر alaikäinen mineur/-eure קטין अवयस्क malodobnik kiskorú anak di bawah umur ólögráða maður minore, minorenne 未成年者 미성년자 nepilnametis nepilngadīgais budak bawah umur minderjarigemindreårig, umyndigniepełnoletni نابالغه، كوچنى menor minor несовершеннолетний nedospelý, -á mladoletnik maloletnik minderårig ผู้เยาว์ reşit olmayan kimse 未成年人 неповнолітній نابالغ trẻ vị thành niên 未成年人

miˈnority (miˈno-) , (mӕiˈno-) noun

a small number; less than half. Only a minority of people live in the countryside; a racial/political minority. klein hoeveelheid, minderheid أقَليَّه малцинство minoria menšina die Minderheit minoritet μειονότηταminoría vähemus اقلیت vähemmistö minoritéמיעוט अल्पसंख्यक manjina kisebbség minoritas minnihluti; minnihlutahópur minoranza 少数 소수 mažuma mazākums minoriti minderheidmindretall, minoritetmniejszość اقليت minoria minoritate меньшинство menšina manjšina manjina minoritet คนกลุ่มน้อย azınlık 少數 меншість; менша частина اقلّیت thiểu số 少数

be in the minority

to be in the smaller of two groups. Women were in the minority at the meeting. in die minderheid wees يكون في الأقَليَّه от малцинството съм estar na minoria být v menšině in der Minderheit sein være i mindretal ανήκω στη μειοψηφία estar en minoría vähemuses olema در اقلیت بودن kuulua vähemmistöön être en minorité לִהיוֹת בְּמִיעוּט अल्पसंख्या में होना biti u manjini kisebbségben van termasuk minoritas vera í minnihluta essere in minoranza 少数派の 소수파이다 sudaryti mažumą būt mazākumā bilangan kecil minderheidvære i mindretall być w mniejszości په اقليت كښى estar na minoria a fi în minoritate быть в меньшинстве byť v menšine biti v manjšini biti u manjini vara i minoritet อยู่ในกลุ่มที่เล็กกว่า azınlıkta olmak/kalmak 居於少數 бути в меншості کم تعداد میں ہونا nhóm thiểu số 少数派

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minor

→ ثَانَوِيٌّ, قَاصِرٌ druhořadý, nezletilý mindre, mindreårig Minderjähriger, unbedeutend ανήλικος, ασήμαντος menor alaikäinen, vähäinen mineur maloljetnik, minoran minore 小さい方の, 未成年者 미성년자, 사소한 kleiner, minderjarige mindre, mindreårig mniejszy, nieletni menor de idade, secundário малозначительный, младший mindre, underårig เป็นรอง, ผู้เยาว์ küçük, ufak thứ yếu, vị thành niên 未成年人, 较小的

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mi·nor

n. [in age] menor de edad;

a. [smaller, youngest] menor, más pequeño;

a ___ problem → un problema sin importancia;

___ burn → quemadura leve;

___ surgery → cirugía menor.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

minor

adj (anat, surgery) menor; n menor mf (de edad); emancipated — menor emancipado

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