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What does minor mean?

Definitions in simple English

minor Adjective

— A minor change, problem, injury, etc. is not very important. We still have to make a few minor changes, but it's mostly done. — A minor musical scale is a scale that starts two notes before the major scale. Music in a minor scale often sounds sad. That music could be A minor or C major.

minor Noun

— A minor is a subject area that is not the main study of a student at a college or university, but is their second most important focus. I had so many credit hours of English, it became my minor.

minor Verb

— Minor means to minor in a subject at a college or university. I had so many credit hours of English that I decided to minor in it.

minor

— adjective of lesser importance or stature or rank a minor poet had a minor part in the play a minor official many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen minor back roads — adjective lesser in scope or effect had minor differences a minor disturbance — adjective inferior in number or size or amount a minor share of the profits Ursa Minor — noun (= child, kid, youngster, tiddler) a young person of either sex she writes books for children they're just kids 'tiddler' is a British term for youngster — adjective not of legal age minor children — adjective of a scale or mode the minor keys in B flat minor — adjective of the younger of two boys with the same family name Jones minor — adjective of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization — adjective of lesser seriousness or danger suffered only minor injuries some minor flooding a minor tropical disturbance — adjective (= modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized) limited in size or scope a small business a newspaper with a modest circulation small-scale plans a pocket-size country — adjective (= venial) warranting only temporal punishment venial sin

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minor English » English

insignificant small unimportant trivial secondary underage trifling petty slight little younger negligible child subordinate smaller marginal light venial paltry lower less youth youngster under age small-scale nonaged kid junior inconsiderable inconsequential accessory young tyke trifle tiny tike tiddler subsidiary small fry shaver puny pocket-sized pocket-size piddling of no account non-serious nipper nestling modest minority

Topics minor topics

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Simple sentences

Tom has had a minor accident.

I had a minor issue with my computer.

There's no sense acting all triumphant like a conquering hero over such a minor thing.

The differences were minor, so I ignored them.

Our city's transport problems are minor when measured against capitals like London and New York.

When Kate played a minor part in a movie, her acting was criticized.

Apart from a few minor mistakes, your composition was excellent.

Because you're a minor, you can't enter.

He played a minor part in the play.

It is important that a lawyer should leave no stone unturned even on minor points and harp on the same subject to achieve a break through in an impasse.

This is a minor issue compared to our big national problems.

Some couples argue over minor issues.

Do not make a major problem out of a minor one.

In America, you are a minor if you are under 18 years old.

It is illegal to sell cigarettes to a minor.

The experiment failed because of some minor faults.

He is nothing but a minor artist.

It's still minor league but in the not so distant future they'll be coming to a place near you.

It's a pretty minor surgery so the doctor will probably only give you a local anaesthetic.

It's only a minor setback.

We should spend our time creating content for our website rather than wasting time worrying about minor cosmetic details.

Tom had a minor accident.

Tom overlooked a few minor details.

Tom is a minor.

Movie subtitles

Huh. In c minor.

Tom Romanski, you are under arrest for faking your own death, and we need to talk about that historic matter of sex with a minor.

Well, he's 16 years old, and in the state of New York, he's still a minor, so if I want him to talk to me, he's gonna talk to me.

Dr Varma -- minor ops list.

Minor man is our man.

A woman who leads the sort of life you do has no right to the custody of a minor child.

All the other mistakes are minor ones.

By the way, the new war gas caused a minor accident today.

Your Excellency, we are proud to contribute with our minor scientific achievement to the victories achieved by our great Marshal.

Just a minor point concerning your brother.

It's just some minor nonsense.

A minor point at such a moment.

Though I doubt if Mr. Wilkinson will ever turn out as many minor Latin poets as you have.

Jones Minor got a box from home today.

It's a place in Asia Minor.

But I have to ask for a minor compensation anyway.

He made a modest living but hope of some minor success still gently burnt.

Not a bad bit of brushwork. By Ransome, one of the minor painters.

So now we present the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, interpreted in pictures by Walt Disney and his associates, and in music by the Philadelphia Orchestra and its conductor, Leopold Stokowski.

There are minor details to be cleaned up.

Your Honour, the disorderly conduct and fraud, I admit - they're minor offences.

He doesn't want to talk to you. - Well, he's 16 years old, and in the state of New York, he's still a minor, so if I want him to talk to me, he's gonna talk to me.

Even civilian groups in favour of robots are protesting causing minor skirmishes.

You know, Jerry, she's a minor.

I don't mean that kind of a minor.

I mean that you haven't touched on the minor point as to why Miss Wilson was in your room at 2:00 in the morning.

Burn, minor infection.

NOT DOUGLAS MAJOR, DOUGLAS MINOR.

Of course I'm just a minor employee here, Mr. LeBrand.

News and current affairs

Moreover, the LDP was plagued by a string of minor scandals and consistent bungling.

Remarkably for a Dutch politician - and a minor one, at that - news of Wilders's antics has reached the world press.

The direct and indirect costs were relatively minor and affordable.

Moreover, studies indicate that even significant air-pollution reduction starting at high levels will have only a minor impact.

Some minor revisions to the final report might be made, but the procedures of a real parliamentary democracy-proposal, debate, and resolution-remain absent.

Those of the second type are minor and relatively easy to repair if not to avoid.

During the Cold War, the US also employed economic sanctions to destabilize unfriendly governments, especially in Latin America, though they do not appear to have played more than a minor role, even where regime change eventually occurred.

With the qualified exception of the first, all riots were local, relatively minor, and lasted barely a day or two.

America's proposal to rely on minor modifications in current arrangements, while relying on the market, though it is a position long advocated by financial markets, will not suffice.

But de Gaulle later resigned of his own volition, over an issue of minor importance.

If concern for Israel played a part in Paul Wolfowitz's advocacy of war in Iraq, it was probably a minor one.

It would create its own set of incentives, which, on balance, would pressure individual countries to avoid demotion, just as top-tier football (soccer) teams seek to avoid relegation to the minor leagues.

This is no minor matter for the hemisphere, for Colombia, and for Uribe.

At least half of the body of Greek theater and philosophy was produced in Asia Minor.

By having made such a big issue out of what was in fact a relatively minor event Gates could be accused of trivializing much worse instances of abuse.

Of the studies cited by the USPSTF, one, conducted in Europe, showed a minor benefit in a subset of men, with no significant quality-of-life improvement.

In fact, aside from some additional minor points, the European Council's resolution differs from the previous compromise in only one respect: IMF participation.

The abolition of border controls was anything but a minor detail, and yet it was achieved on the basis of intergovernmental agreements.

Given its foreign-policy weakness, Europe can have only a minor impact on the wars and conflicts ravaging Africa and the Middle East (though its influence, however small, should be used and developed).

While the situation in the Middle East currently looks hopeless, a new attempt that focuses on the essential points, not on minor ones, deserves support.

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