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Minor United University College States Main Studying Addition

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At a university or college in the United States, a student's m____ is a subject that they are studying in addition to their main subject, or major.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.
word minor
full-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
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