| Front | adjective 1 lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance: 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. 3 Brit. (following a surname in public schools) indicating the younger of two brothers: 4 Logic (of a term) occurring as the subject of the conclusion of a categorical syllogism. noun 1 a person under the age of full legal responsibility. 2 Music a minor key, interval, or scale. 3 ( minors ) N. Amer. the minor leagues in baseball or American football: 4 N. Amer. a student's subsidiary subject or course: 5 Logic a minor term or premise. 6 Bridge short for minor suit. 7 a small drab moth which has purplish caterpillars that feed on grass. verb ( minor in ) N. Amer. study as or qualify in a subsidiary subject at college or university. |
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