| word | minor |
|---|---|
| definition | adjective You use minor when you want to describe something that is less important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation. She is known in Italy for a number of minor roles in films. Western officials say the problem is minor, and should be quickly overcome. A minor illness or operation is not likely to be dangerous to someone's life or health . Sarah had been plagued continually by a series of minor illnesses. His mother had to go to the hospital for minor surgery. In European music, a minor scale is one in which the third note is three semitones higher than the first. ...the unfinished sonata movement in F minor. noun A minor is a person who is still legally a child. In Britain and most states in the United States, people are minors until they reach the age of eighteen . The approach has virtually ended cigarette sales to minors. At a university or college in the United States, a student's minor is a subject that they are studying in addition to their main subject, or major. At a university or college in the United States, if a student is, for example, a geology minor, they are studying geology as well as their main subject. verb If a student at a university or college in the United States minors in a particular subject, they study it in addition to their main subject. I'm minoring in computer science. |
| inflections | minorsminoringminored |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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