Minor (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Relatively moderate, limited, or small; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country".
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Meaning 2
(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; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor".
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Meaning 3
Not of legal age; "minor children".
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Meaning 4
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".
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Meaning 5
Lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance".
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Meaning 6
Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization.
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Meaning 7
Of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor".
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Meaning 8
Inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor".
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Meaning 9
Of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance".
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Meaning 10
Warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin".
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