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minor
Adjective
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A minor change, problem, injury, etc. is not very important.
We still have to make a few minor changes, but it's mostly done.
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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
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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
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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.
equipment
Noun
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Your equipment is the things that you use to do a job or sport.
Soccer is a popular game because you need very little equipment to play--just a ball and an open space.
The soldiers had to carry all their equipment on their backs.
The computer equipment was old and often broke down.