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adjective
- 1. lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance: "she requested a number of minor alterations" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth.
noun
- 1. a person under the age of full legal responsibility: "the court would take account of the minor's wishes"
- 2. a minor key, interval, or scale.
verb
- 1. study as or qualify in a subsidiary subject at college or university: North American "Clark had minored in Animal Science"
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MINOR definition: 1. having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of…. Learn more.
minor: [adjective] inferior in importance, size, or degree : comparatively unimportant.
MINOR meaning: 1. having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of…. Learn more.
Something that's minor is considered of low importance — a minor injury is not very serious, and a college student's minor subject is a secondary field of study. Likewise, the star constellation Ursa Major is a larger grouping than Ursa Minor.
Minor definition: lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two. See examples of MINOR used in a sentence.
a. A secondary area of specialized academic study, requiring fewer courses or credits than a major.
16 meanings: 1. lesser or secondary in amount, extent, importance, or degree 2. of or relating to the minority 3. below the age.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of minor adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Minor is an adjective that means small or not important. Learn how to use it in sentences, find synonyms and related words in the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
Minor definition: Lesser or smaller in amount, extent, or size. He apparently was given a whiff of the bigs in a losing September when a few fortunate minor leaguers get a peek of how the other side lives.
