minor | English to English Dictionary

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minor

('m/aI/n/@/r )

of lesser importance or stature or rank(adj.all)

Example:
A minor poet.
Had a minor part in the play.
A minor official.
Many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen.
Minor back roads.

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lesser in scope or effect(adj.all)

Example:
Had minor differences.
A minor disturbance.

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inferior in number or size or amount(adj.all)

Example:
A minor share of the profits.
Ursa Minor.

Antonym:
major

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of a scale or mode(adj.all)

Example:
The minor keys.
In B flat minor.

Synonym:
major

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not of legal age(adj.all)

Example:
Minor children.

Synonym:
nonaged, underage

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of lesser seriousness or danger(adj.all)

Example:
Suffered only minor injuries.
Some minor flooding.
A minor tropical disturbance.

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of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization(adj.all)

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Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.(adjective)

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a young person of either sex(noun.person)

Synonym:
child, fry, kid, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster

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A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age.(noun)

source: webster1913