[
US
/ˈmaɪnɝ/
]
[ UK /mˈaɪnɐ/ ]
[ UK /mˈaɪnɐ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
relatively moderate, limited, or small
a small business
a pocket-size country
small-scale plans
a newspaper with a modest circulation -
inferior in number or size or amount
a minor share of the profits
Ursa Minor -
of lesser seriousness or danger
some minor flooding
suffered only minor injuries
a minor tropical disturbance -
of lesser importance or stature or rank
minor back roads
many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen
a minor poet
had a minor part in the play
a minor official -
warranting only temporal punishment
venial sin -
not of legal age
minor children -
(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
in B flat minor
the minor keys -
of the younger of two boys with the same family name
Jones minor -
lesser in scope or effect
a minor disturbance
had minor differences - of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
NOUN
-
a young person of either sex
they're just kids
she writes books for children
`tiddler' is a British term for youngster
VERB
-
have as one's secondary field of study
in collee she minored in mathematics
How To Use minor In A Sentence
- Statutory rape laws were first enacted to protect minors from older predators.
- The birth of her son was a minor interruption to her career.
- Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
- I only played three carefully considered notes with intuitive regard to choice of rhythm, tempo, dynamics - using a poignant interval, the minor sixth resolving to the perfect fifth.
- She suffered minor smoke inhalation and was discharged from hospital last night. The Sun
- Despite their superficial similarity, submersion of minorities in English-only programs in the USA and Canadian immersion programs are different and they lead to different results.
- A strategic alliance may take the form of an outright acquisition, minority stake, joint venture or brand franchise.
- The attitude toward immigrants and racial minorities in this country is disgusting.
- Police arrested 13 people, and some students were treated for minor injuries at the scene in northeast El Paso.
- Some may insist you sleep on mats on hard floors to straighten out the spine, but they are in a minority.
