minor meaning | definition of minor at WebDictionary.co.uk

(adj) 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"

lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"

inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"

(of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"

not of legal age; "minor children"

of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"

of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor"

warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"

relatively moderate, limited, or small; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

(noun) a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

(verb) have as one's secondary field of study; "in collee she minored in mathematics"

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