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minor

adj
/ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/US/ˈmaɪnə/UK

Etymology

From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.

  1. derived from menor
  2. derived from minor
  3. inherited from minor

Definitions

  1. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to…

    Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly

    • of minor importance
    • a minor poet
    • Here we se thre proposicions, or sentences, whereof the first is called Maior, that is to saie, the proposicion at large. the seconde is called Minor, that is to saie, the seuerall proposicion. the thirde is called conclusio.

  2. A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally…

    A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.

    • No, he can't get a mortgage or sell the house. He's still a minor. For the most part, he can't sign a legally binding contract.
    • He was only a minor when he succeeded his father to the barony.
    • King Richard the second... for the first tenne yeares of his raigne, was a Minor.

  3. A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.

    • He plays in the minors.
    • She hasn't won a minor since the Sichuan Open.
    • The play is considered one of his minors.
  4. ›+ 20 more definitions

    1. Ellipsis of minor interval, minor scale, minor mode, minor key, minor chord, or minor…

      Ellipsis of minor interval, minor scale, minor mode, minor key, minor chord, or minor triad.

    2. A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course…

      A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.

      • I got a minor in English Lit.

    3. A person who is completing or has completed such a course of study.

      • I became an English minor.

    4. A determinant of a square matrix obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns.

      • ...the whole of a system of rth minors being zero...
      • Let A be a non-zero matrix of rank r over a field. Then A has a non-zero r-minor and all s-minors of A are zero for s > r.

    5. Alternative letter-case form of Minor

      Alternative letter-case form of Minor: a Franciscan friar, a Clarist nun.

      • He... to þe menours ordre went

    6. Ellipsis of minor term or minor premise.

    7. Ellipsis of minor league (“the lower level of teams”).

      • It is certain that the major leagues must depend upon the minors for their recruits.

    8. Ellipsis of minor penalty (“a penalty requiring a player to leave the ice for 2 minutes…

      Ellipsis of minor penalty (“a penalty requiring a player to leave the ice for 2 minutes unless the opposing team scores”).

      • Penalties... First Period... all minors.

    9. Synonym of behind

      Synonym of behind: a one-point kick.

      • Brown from a mark on the magazine wing put up the first minor.

    10. Ellipsis of minor point (“a lesser score formerly gained by certain actions”).

      • At half-time the score was—one goal, three tries, and four minors.

    11. Ellipsis of minor suit, a card of a minor suit.

      • Many find it easier to remember 20 for Minors, 30 for Majors and 35 for No Trump.

    12. Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the Oligia and Mesoligia…

      Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the Oligia and Mesoligia genera.

    13. A leaf-cutter worker ant intermediate in size between a minim and a media.

    14. Changes rung on six bells.

    15. An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.

    16. Synonym of subtrahend, the amount subtracted from a number.

    17. The younger brother of a pupil.

      • Let my minor pass, you fellows!... Here, Chudleigh, just make room there.

    18. Short for graph minor

    19. Used in a phrasal verb

      Used in a phrasal verb: minor in.

    20. A surname.

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Derived

A-flat minor, A minor, A-sharp minor, B-flat minor, B minor, C minor, C-sharp minor, D minor, D-sharp minor, E-flat minor, E minor, F minor, F-sharp minor, G minor, graph minor, G-sharp minor, harmonic minor scale, in a minor key, labia minor, melodic minor scale, minor arcana, minorate, minor axis, minor canon, minor celebrity, minor child, minor chord, minor civil division, minor diagonal, minor diameter, Minoress, Minor Feast, minor interval, minorise, minorish, Minorite, minority, minorize, minor key, minor-league · +47 more

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No curated loop yet for minor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA