Minor Meaning

There are 12 meaning(s) for word Minor

Meaning 1 : not of legal age

    Example : minor children

    Synonyms : nonaged,  underage
Meaning 2 : relatively moderate, limited, or small

    Synonyms : modest,  pocket-size,  pocket-sized,  small,  small-scale
Meaning 3 : a young person of either sex

    Synonyms : child,  fry,  kid,  nestling,  nipper,  shaver,  small fry,  tiddler,  tike,  tyke,  youngster
Meaning 4 : warranting only temporal punishment

    Synonyms : venial
Meaning 5 : have as one's secondary field of study

    Example : in collee she minored in mathematics

Meaning 6 : inferior in number or size or amount

    Example : a minor share of the profits

Meaning 7 : (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

    Example : the minor keys,in B flat minor

Meaning 8 : of lesser importance or stature or rank

    Example : a minor poet,had a minor part in the play,a minor official,many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen,minor back roads

Meaning 9 : of the younger of two boys with the same family name

    Example : Jones minor

Meaning 10 : lesser in scope or effect

    Example : had minor differences,a minor disturbance

Meaning 11 : of lesser seriousness or danger

    Example : suffered only minor injuries,some minor flooding,a minor tropical disturbance

Meaning 12 : of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

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