1lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance:she requested a number of minor alterations
2 Music (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth.Contrasted with major.
(of an interval) characteristic of a minor scale and less by a semitone than the equivalent major interval:the E flat clarinet sounds a minor third higher than the written notesCompare with diminished.
[usually postpositive] (of a key or mode) based on a minor scale and tending to produce a sad or pensive effect:Concerto in A minor
3British dated (following a surname in public schools) indicating the younger of two brothers:Smith minor
4 Logic (of a term) occurring as the subject of the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
(of a premise) containing the minor term in a categorical syllogism.
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1a person under the age of full legal responsibility:the court would take account of the minor’s wishes
2 Music a minor key, interval, or scale.
Bell-ringing a system of change-ringing using six bells.
3 (minors) North American the minor leagues in baseball or American football:Salinas was one of six teams in the minors
4North American a student’s subsidiary subject or course:a minor in American Indian studies
5 Logic a minor term or premise.
6 Bridgeshort for minor suit.a bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors
7a small drab moth which has purplish caterpillars that feed on grass.
Genus Oligia, family Noctuidae
Genus Oligia, family Noctuidae
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study as or qualify in a subsidiary subject at college or university:Clark had minored in Animal Science
in a minor key
(especially of a literary work) understated:only Britain’s poetry, composed in a minor key, is disregarded
