Minor

  • 31minor — [[t]ma͟ɪnə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ minors, minoring, minored 1) ADJ GRADED You use minor when you want to describe something that is less important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation. She is known in Italy for a number of… …

    English dictionary

  • 32minor — /ˈmaɪnə / (say muynuh) adjective 1. lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being the lesser of two: a minor share; minor faults. 2. under legal age. 3. British younger; junior; in boys schools, denoting the younger of two brothers, the… …

  • 33minor — {{11}}minor (adj.) early 13c., menour Franciscan (see MINOR (Cf. minor) (n.)), from L. minor less, lesser, smaller, junior, figuratively inferior, less important, formed as a masculine/feminine form of minus on the mistaken assumption that minus… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 34minor — mi•nor [[t]ˈmaɪ nər[/t]] adj. 1) lesser, as in size, extent, or amount, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share[/ex] 2) lesser, as in seriousness, importance, or rank: a minor wound; a minor role[/ex] 3) under full legal age 4) edu of …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35minor — adjective 1》 having little importance, seriousness, or significance. 2》 Music (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. Contrasted with major.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 36minor — 1 adjective 1 small and not very important or serious, especially when compared with other things: We have made some minor changes to the program. | an issue of minor importance | minor illness/operation/injury (=one that is not very serious or… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37Minor — A minor is someone who is not yet an adult and, in a larger sense, it is something that is less than something else. For example, the teres minor muscle is smaller than the teres major muscle. In anatomy, wherever there is a minor, there is also… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 38minor — 01. His injuries were relatively [minor], so he was released from the hospital within a couple of hours of being admitted. 02. Men are in a [minority] in my class. 03. She had a [minor] role in a Batman movie before starring in her own film. 04.… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 39Miñor — River Miñor Country Spain Region Galicia …

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  • 40minor — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Minor is used after these nouns: ↑undergraduate {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly …

    Collocations dictionary