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minor

A young person under 18 is considered a minor.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Of lesser importance, size, or seriousness: Describes something that is not major, significant, or severe.
    • Not of legal age: Refers to a person who is below the age of full legal responsibility.
    • Music: Based on a minor scale: Describes a key or chord characterized by a specific, often sadder or more somber, sound.
    • Secondary in academic study: Relating to a student's secondary field of concentration at a university.

  2. Noun:

    • A person who is below the legal age of majority: A child or young person.
    • Music: A minor key, interval, or scale: The tonality itself.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • He suffered only minor injuries in the accident.
    • It's a minor problem; we can fix it easily.
    • She is a history minor at the university. (Here, "minor" is a noun used attributively as an adjective.)
    • The symphony is written in C minor.

  • Noun:

    • The film is not suitable for minors.
    • The piece modulates from a major to a minor.
Advanced Usage

  • "Minor in" (verb phrase): To study a secondary subject at a college or university.

    • She decided to minor in Spanish alongside her business major.

  • "In a minor key": Used figuratively to describe a mood, tone, or situation that is sad, subdued, or not optimistic.

    • His speech about the past was in a minor key, full of nostalgia and regret.
Variants and Related Words
  • Minority (n): 1. The smaller number or part. 2. A group of people differing from the majority. 3. The state or period of being under legal age.
  • Minor-league (adj): 1. Relating to a lower level of professional sports. 2. (Figuratively) Of lesser importance or quality.
  • Minutely (adv): In a very minor or detailed way.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Insignificant, slight, trivial, negligible, secondary, lesser, petty.
  • Noun: Child, juvenile, youngster, adolescent.
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Major, significant, important, crucial, severe.
  • Noun: Adult, major.
Related Phrases
  • A minor detail: An insignificant or very small part of something larger.
    • Don't worry about that color; it's a minor detail.
  • Minor surgery: A surgical procedure that is not serious or risky.
    • He underwent minor surgery on his knee.
minor

A young person under 18 is considered a minor.

Adjective
  1. limited in size or scope
    • a small business
    • a newspaper with a modest circulation
    • small-scale plans
    • a pocket-size country
  2. warranting only temporal punishment
    • venial sin
  3. of the younger of two boys with the same family name
    • Jones minor
  4. of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
  5. of lesser seriousness or danger
    • suffered only minor injuries
    • some minor flooding
    • a minor tropical disturbance
  6. not of legal age
    • minor children
  7. of a scale or mode
    • the minor keys
    • in B flat minor
  8. inferior in number or size or amount
    • a minor share of the profits
    • Ursa Minor
  9. lesser in scope or effect
    • had minor differences
    • a minor disturbance
  10. 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
Noun
  1. a young person of either sex
    • she writes books for children
    • they're just kids
    • `tiddler' is a British term for youngster

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