minor (Meaning)
minor (n)
a young person of either sex
minor (v)
have as one's secondary field of study
minor (a)
of lesser importance or stature or rank
lesser in scope or effect
inferior in number or size or amount
(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
not of legal age
of lesser seriousness or danger
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
minor (s)
of the younger of two boys with the same family name
warranting only temporal punishment
relatively moderate, limited, or small
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.
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.
A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.
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.
Synonyms & Antonyms of minor
minor Sentence Examples
- The car accident was considered a minor fender bender with no major injuries.
- The minor adjustment to the contract resolved the outstanding issue promptly.
- The student received a minor detention for talking in class during the exam.
- The minor key used in the song evoked a sense of sadness and longing.
- The teacher acknowledged the minor progress made by the struggling student.
- The company suffered a minor setback due to a temporary outage in its IT system.
- The minor characters in the novel played pivotal roles in developing the plot.
- The minor damage to the building was repaired without affecting its structural integrity.
- The minor flaw in the product design was identified and corrected in the next batch.
- The minor inconvenience of the traffic delay did not significantly impact the meeting schedule.
FAQs About the word minor
a young person of either sex, have as one's secondary field of study, of lesser importance or stature or rank, lesser in scope or effect, inferior in number or
lower, small,lesser, smaller, less, subordinate, secondary,junior, minute, associate
higher, senior, major, primary, greater, primary, greater, more, higher, senior
The car accident was considered a minor fender bender with no major injuries.
The minor adjustment to the contract resolved the outstanding issue promptly.
The student received a minor detention for talking in class during the exam.
The minor key used in the song evoked a sense of sadness and longing.
