noun Download 🔗Share A person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities. Examples : "It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen." age law person human society essential ielts Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration. Examples : "I became an English minor." education person essential ielts Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Determinant of a square submatrix Examples : "The minor of the 2x2 matrix representing the student grades in math and science is 12. " math essential ielts Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (British slang) A younger brother (especially at a public school). Examples : "My minor is always teasing me about my terrible rugby skills. " family age essential ielts Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media. Examples : "The leaf-cutter ant colony had many minor workers, smaller than the media workers but larger than the minim workers. " organism animal insect biology essential ielts Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The term of a syllogism which forms the subject of the conclusion. Examples : "In the syllogism, "All dogs are mammals," "dogs" is the minor. " logic philosophy essential ielts Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (campanology) Bell changes rung on six bells. Examples : "The bell tower performed a minor, using only six bells. " bell-ringing essential ielts Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university. Examples : "I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it." education essential ielts Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of little significance or importance. Examples : "The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment." value quality attitude essential ielts Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered Examples : "a minor scale" music essential ielts Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number Examples : "My brother is a minor, so he can't drive the car. " music math essential ielts Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading