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Minor

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Definitions for Minor

noun
a young person of either sex
Synonyms
child kid youngster shaver nipper small fry tiddler tike tyke fry nestling
Examples
  1. she writes books for children
  2. they're just kids
  3. `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
verb
have as one's secondary field of study
Examples
  1. in collee she minored in mathematics
adjective
of lesser importance or stature or rank
Examples
  1. a minor poet
  2. had a minor part in the play
  3. a minor official
  4. many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen
  5. minor back roads
adjective
lesser in scope or effect
Examples
  1. had minor differences
  2. a minor disturbance
adjective
inferior in number or size or amount
Examples
  1. a minor share of the profits
  2. Ursa Minor
adjective
(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
Examples
  1. the minor keys
  2. in B flat minor
adjective
not of legal age
Synonyms
nonaged underage
Examples
  1. minor children
adjective
of lesser seriousness or danger
Examples
  1. suffered only minor injuries
  2. some minor flooding
  3. a minor tropical disturbance
adjective
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
adjective
of the younger of two boys with the same family name
Synonyms
minor(ip)
Examples
  1. Jones minor
adjective
warranting only temporal punishment
Synonyms
venial
Examples
  1. venial sin
adjective
relatively moderate, limited, or small
Synonyms
modest small small-scale pocket-size pocket-sized
Examples
  1. a small business
  2. a newspaper with a modest circulation
  3. small-scale plans
  4. a pocket-size country

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