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Minority Noun Plural Azınlık  /Maɪˈnɒrəti  ˈnɔːr Countable Smaller

Level B2 
Kind noun
Front minority 
IPA  /maɪˈnɒrəti  ; US also -ˈnɔːr- / noun [countable] (plural minorities)
Back azınlık
Back 2

minority (noun)

 /maɪˈnɒrəti  ; US also -ˈnɔːr- / noun [countable] (plural minorities)
 
 1 [usually singular, with a singular or plural verb]
the smaller number or part of a group; less than half
azınlık
 Only a minority of teenagers become/becomes involved in crime.
OPPOSITE MAJORITY
 2 a small group of people who are of a different race or religion to most of the people in the community or country where they live
azınlık
 Schools in Britain need to do more to help children of ethnic minorities.
 minority languages
IDIOM
be in a/the minority
to be the smaller of two groups
azınlıkta olmak
 Men are in the minority in the teaching profession.
 

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