Minor

  • 51minor in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms minor in : present tense I/you/we/they minor in he/she/it minors in present participle minoring in past tense minored in past participle minored in mainly American to study a particular subject at university… …

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  • 52minor — / maɪnə/ adjective less important ● Items of minor expenditure are not listed separately. ● The minor shareholders voted against the proposal. ■ noun a person less than eighteen years old …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 53minor — 1. adjective /maɪnə/ a) Of little significance or importance. There is now such an immense microliterature on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published especially narrowly …

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  • 54Minor — Original name in latin Minor Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Chicago longitude 33.53733 latitude 86.94055 altitude 184 Population 1094 Date 2011 05 14 …

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  • 55minor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lesser, inferior, secondary. See inferiority, youth. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. secondary, lesser, insignificant; see trivial , unimportant . n. Syn. person under eighteen, person under twenty one …

    English dictionary for students

  • 56Minor — Mi|nor [ mi:no:ɐ̯] der; <aus lat. minor (terminus) »der kleinere (Begriff)«> Begriff mit engerem Umfang im ↑Syllogismus …

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  • 57minor — [13] Latin minor ‘less’ was a comparative form based on the element min ‘small’ (source of English minute and a whole range of other ‘small’ words). The noun derived from it, minus ‘less’, was taken over by English in the 15th century. =>… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 58minor — mi·nor || maɪnÉ™(r) n. youth who is not of legal voting age; secondary area of study in a college degree adj. lesser in size, small; secondary; subordinate; junior; under legal age; insignificant, unimportant; minor scale (Music); not serious… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 59minor in — N. Amer. study or qualify in as a subsidiary subject. → minor …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 60minør — mi|nør sb., en, er, erne (person som uskadeliggør miner), i sms. minør , fx minørtjeneste …

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