nounπShareA person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities."It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen."agelawpersonhumansocietyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration."I became an English minor."educationpersonessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareDeterminant of a square submatrix"The minor of the 2x2 matrix representing the student grades in math and science is 12. "mathessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(British slang) A younger brother (especially at a public school)."My minor is always teasing me about my terrible rugby skills. "familyageessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media."The leaf-cutter ant colony had many minor workers, smaller than the media workers but larger than the minim workers. "organismanimalinsectbiologyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe term of a syllogism which forms the subject of the conclusion."In the syllogism, "All dogs are mammals," "dogs" is the minor. "logicphilosophyessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(campanology) Bell changes rung on six bells."The bell tower performed a minor, using only six bells. "bell-ringingessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university."I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it."educationessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareOf little significance or importance."The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment."valuequalityattitudeessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareOf a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered"a minor scale"musicessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjectiveπShareBeing the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number"My brother is a minor, so he can't drive the car. "musicmathessentialieltsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading