mi·nor (m  n r)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 Being under legal age; not yet a legal adult. 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 full legal age. 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. [Middle English, from Latin; see mei-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
minor
Adjective
1. lesser or secondary in size, frequency, or importance than others of the same kind: a minor poet
2. not very serious or significant: minor injuries
3. Music
a. (of a scale) having a semitone between the second and third and fifth and sixth notes ([natural minor])
b. of or based on the minor scale: his quintet in C minor, a minor third
Noun
1. a person below the age of legal majority
2. US, Canad & Austral education a subsidiary subject
3. Music a minor key, chord, mode, or scale
Verb
minor in US education to study as a subsidiary subject: to minor in politics [Latin: less, smaller]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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'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" 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" silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" sprog - a 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" 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" 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" limited - small in range or scope; "limited war"; "a limited success"; "a limited circle of friends" |
minor
adjective small, lesser, subordinate, smaller, light, slight, secondary, petty, inferior, trivial, trifling, insignificant, negligible, unimportant, paltry, inconsequential, inconsiderable, nickel-and-dime U.S. (slang) << OPPOSITE major
Translations
minor [ˈmaɪnəʳ] adj → petit(e) → de peu d'importance;
(Mus), [poet, problem] → mineur(e)
n (Law) → mineur(e)
minor [ˈmaɪnəʳ] adj → kleinere(r, s);
(poet) → unbedeutend;
(planet) → klein;
(Mus) → Moll
n → Minderjährige(r) f(m)
adj minor [ˈmainə]
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 menší, vedlejší mindre kleiner μικρός, ασήμαντος, δευτερεύων menor väiksem کم pikku-, vähäinen secondaire, mineur, petit מִשנִי छोटा, लघु sporedni kisebb kecil smávægilegur minore, secondario (より) 小さい 적은, 작은, 대수롭지 않은, 미성년의 nedidelis, šalutinis mazāks; mazsvarīgāks kecil klein mindre (betydelig), underordnet (po)mniejszy, niewielki, drobny pouco importante minor, secundar, neimportant незначительный; второстепенный menší, vedľajší manj pomemben manji mindre เล็กน้อย küçük, ufak, önemsiz 較小的 менший اہمیت، حجم وغیرہ میں کم nhỏ; thứ yếu 较小的
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 vedlejší obor bifag das Nebenfach επιλεγόμενο μάθημα στο πανεπιστήμιο secundario kõrvalaine, lisaeriala رشته فرعی matière secondaire חוּג מִשנִי गौण विषय pomoćni melléktantárgy mata pelajaran tambahan (materia secondaria studiata all'università) （大学の）副専攻科目 ðalutinis specializacijos dalykas otršķirīgs studiju priekšmets mata pelajaran tambahan bijvak støttefag; studieretningsfag непрофилирующий предмет vedľajší odbor vysokoškolského štúdia stranski predmet sporedni predmet biämne ซึ่งเป็นวิชารอง ikinci branş 副修科目 другорядний, непрофілюючий предмет کالج میں لیا گیا ثانوی موضوع đề tài phụ 副修科目
v
(American) to study something as a minor subject He is minoring in French. keusevak studeer يدرُس كموضوع ثانوي изучавам като втора специалност studovat vedlejší obor tage bifagseksamen im Nebenfach studieren παρακολουθώ επιλεγόμενο (δευτερεύον) μάθημα estudiar como asignatura secundaria kõrvalainena õppima, lisaeriala õppima در رشته فرعی تحصیل کردن 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 studijuoti kaip šalutinę specialybę mācīties otršķirīgu priekšmetu mempelajari sesuatu sebagai mata pelajaran tambahan als bijvak studeren ta som støttefag studiować jako przedmiot poboczny 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 輔修 вивчати непрофілюючий предмет کسی موضوع کو ثانوی طور پر پڑھنا học như một đề tài phụ 辅修
n
a person who is not yet legally an adult. minderjarige قاصِر непълнолетен nedospělý, -á mindreårig der/die Minderjährige ανήλικος menor alaealine صغیر alaikäinen mineur/-eure קָטִין अवयस्क malodobnik kiskorú anak di bawah umur ólögráða maður minore, minorenne 未成年者 미성년자 nepilnametis nepilngadīgais budak bawah umur minderjarige mindreårig, umyndig niepełnoletni 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
n miˈnority [miˈno-, mӕiˈno-]
a small number; less than half Only a minority of people live in the countryside; a racial/political minority. klein hoeveelheid, minderheid أقَليَّه малцинство menšina minoritet die Minderheit μειονότητα minoría vähemus اقلیت vähemmistö minorité מִיעוּט अल्पसंख्यक manjina kisebbség minoritas minnihluti; minnihlutahópur minoranza 少数 소수, 소수당, 소수 민족 mažuma mazākums minoriti minderheid mindretall, minoritet mniejszość 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 být v menšině være i mindretal in der Minderheit sein ανήκω στη μειοψηφία estar en minoría vähemuses olema در اقلیت بودن olla vähemmistönä 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 소수이다 sudaryti mažumą būt mazākumā bilangan kecil minderheid være i mindretall być w mniejszości 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 少數派 бути в меншості کم تعداد میں ہونا nhóm thiểu số 少数派
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