minor

adjective · noun · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more minormost minorminermanerminore

Superlative

minourmynormynourmynowrmi

1.
Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:
of minor importance
a minor poet
Here we se thre proposicions, or sentences, whereof the first is called Maior, that is to saie, the proposicion at large. the seconde is called Minor, that is to saie, the seuerall proposicion. the thirde is called conclusio.
It is my intention to wait a few years before I publish any minor poems.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

minorsminermanerminoreminourmynormynourmynowrmi

1.
(law) A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
No, he can't get a mortgage or sell the house. He's still a minor. For the most part, he can't sign a legally binding contract.
He was only a minor when he succeeded his father to the barony.
2.
A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.
He plays in the minors.
She hasn't won a minor since the Sichuan Open.
The play is considered one of his minors.
3.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)(music) Ellipsis of minor interval, minor scale, minor mode, minor key, minor chord, or minor triad.
4.
(Canada, US)(Canada, US, education) A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.
I got a minor in English Lit.
5.
(Canada, US, uncommon)(Canada, US, education, uncommon) A person who is completing or has completed such a course of study.
I became an English minor.
6.
(mathematics) A determinant of a square matrix obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns.
7.
(alt of)(Catholicism) Alternative letter-case form of Minor: a Franciscan friar, a Clarist nun.
8.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)(logic) Ellipsis of minor term or minor premise.
9.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)(baseball) Ellipsis of minor league (“the lower level of teams”).
10.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)(ice hockey) Ellipsis of minor penalty (“a penalty requiring a player to leave the ice for 2 minutes unless the opposing team scores”).
11.
(Australian)(Australian football) Synonym of behind: a one-point kick.
Đồng nghĩa: behind
12.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, historical)(rugby, historical) Ellipsis of minor point (“a lesser score formerly gained by certain actions”).

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

minors

V_ing/Gerund

minoring

V_ed/pp

minoredminer

1.
(intransitive)Used in a phrasal verb: minor in.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

behind subtrahend underage

Trái nghĩa

major grown adult matureof ageserious grave severe dangerous fatallife-threateningacute

Cùng gốc / liên quan

A-flat minorA minorA-sharp minorB-flat minorB minorC minorC-sharp minorD minorD-sharp minorE-flat minorE minorF minorF-sharp minorG minorgraph minorG-sharp minorharmonic minor scalein a minor keylabia minormelodic minor scale

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (lesser; young; young person) both directly and via - and Middle French menor, menour, etc. minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik and possibly minnow. Compare minimum and minuō, minniro, minow.