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"minor children"adjectivenot of legal ageOpposite:
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adjectiverelatively moderate, limited, or small
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nouna young person of either sextype of:
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adjectivewarranting only temporal punishment
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"in collee she minored in mathematics"verbhave as one's secondary field of studytype of:
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"a minor share of the profits"adjectiveinferior in number or size or amountOpposite:
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"the minor keys" "in B flat minor"adjective(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 degreesOpposite:
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"a minor poet" "had a minor part in the play" "a minor official" "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen" "minor back roads"adjectiveof lesser importance or stature or rank
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"Jones minor"adjectiveof the younger of two boys with the same family name
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"had minor differences" "a minor disturbance"lesser in scope or effectOpposite:
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"suffered only minor injuries" "some minor flooding" "a minor tropical disturbance"of lesser seriousness or dangerOpposite:
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of your secondary field of academic concentration or specializationOpposite:
Definition that contains minor
- club a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it
- key any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- la the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization
- bother cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- extra a minor actor in crowd scenes
- devil cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- incident (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
- slip a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- diamond a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
- maya an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas