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NGSL Rank: 1994
minor
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Meanings
adjective
  • lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
    E.g. she requested a number of minor alterations
  • (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth.
  • (following a surname in public schools) indicating the younger of two brothers.
    E.g. Smith minor
  • (of a term) occurring as the subject of the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
noun
  • a person under the age of full legal responsibility.
    E.g. the court would take account of the minor's wishes
  • a minor key, interval, or scale.
  • the minor leagues in baseball or American football.
    E.g. Salinas was one of six teams in the minors
  • a student's subsidiary subject or course.
    E.g. a minor in American Indian studies
  • a minor term or premise.
  • short for minor suit.
    E.g. a bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors
  • a small drab moth which has purplish caterpillars that feed on grass.
verb
  • study as or qualify in a subsidiary subject at college or university.
    E.g. Clark had minored in Animal Science

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