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| 1. | [ adjective ] of lesser importance or stature or rank | |
| Examples: | "a minor poet" "had a minor part in the play" "a minor official" "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen" "minor back roads" |
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| Related terms: | major insignificant secondary | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] lesser in scope or effect | |
| Examples: | "had minor differences" "a minor disturbance" |
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| Related terms: | major | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] inferior in number or size or amount | |
| Examples: | "a minor share of the profits" "Ursa Minor" |
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| Related terms: | major minority | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty) | |
| Synonyms: | child kid youngster tike fry nipper tiddler tyke small_fry nestling shaver | |
| Examples: | "she writes books for children" "they're just kids" "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters" |
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| Related terms: | juvenile urchin orphan kiddy changeling boy_wonder buster preschooler pickaninny schoolchild silly toddler foster_child waif imp foster-child bairn sprog peanut poster_child child's_body | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] (law) not of legal age | |
| Synonyms: | underage nonaged | |
| Examples: | "minor children" |
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| Related terms: | major law | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (music) of a scale or mode | |
| Examples: | "the minor keys" "in B flat minor" |
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| Related terms: | major music | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] (theology) warranting only temporal punishment | |
| Synonyms: | venial | |
| Examples: | "venial sin" |
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| Related terms: | theology pardonable | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] of lesser seriousness or danger | |
| Examples: | "suffered only minor injuries" "some minor flooding" "a minor tropical disturbance" |
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| Related terms: | major | |
| 9. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1014 | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] (British) of the younger of two boys with the same family name | |
| Examples: | "Jones minor" |
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| Related terms: | UK junior | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization | |
| Related terms: | major | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] limited in size or scope | |
| Synonyms: | small pocket-size small-scale pocket-sized modest | |
| Examples: | "a small business" "a newspaper with a modest circulation" "small-scale plans" "a pocket-size country" |
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| Related terms: | limited | |
| Similar spelling: |
Minner miner Mimir mimer Mainor Minier Minear |
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