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Meaning of 'minor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Minor [ a.]
- Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
- Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third.
2 . Minor [ n.]
- 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.
- The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise. It is the second proposition of a regular syllogism, as in the following: Every act of injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of money from another by gaming partakes of meanness.
- A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.

Meaning of 'minor' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . minor [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a young person of either sex
Example in sentence:
  • she writes books for children;
  • they're just kids;
  • `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
2 . minor [ v]
Meaning (2):
- have as one's secondary field of study
Example in sentence:
  • in collee she minored in mathematics
3 . minor [ a]
Meaning (3):
- lesser in scope or effect
Example in sentence:
  • a minor disturbance;
  • had minor differences
Meaning (4):
- of lesser importance or stature or rank
Example in sentence:
  • a minor official;
  • a minor poet;
  • had a minor part in the play;
  • many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen;
  • minor back roads
Meaning (5):
- inferior in number or size or amount
Example in sentence:
  • a minor share of the profits;
  • Ursa Minor
Meaning (6):
- of lesser seriousness or danger
Example in sentence:
  • a minor tropical disturbance;
  • some minor flooding;
  • suffered only minor injuries
Meaning (7):
- (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
Example in sentence:
  • in B flat minor;
  • the minor keys
Meaning (8):
- not of legal age
Example in sentence:
  • minor children
9 . minor [ s]
Meaning (9):
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
Example in sentence:
  • a newspaper with a modest circulation;
  • a pocket-size country;
  • a small business;
  • small-scale plans
Meaning (10):
- of the younger of two boys with the same family name
Example in sentence:
  • Jones minor
Meaning (11):
- warranting only temporal punishment
Example in sentence:
  • venial sin

Nearby Words:

mina minable minaceous minacious minacity minae minaret minargent minas minatorially

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