minor

/mˈaɪnɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

of lesser importance or stature or rank
“a minor poet”
lesser in scope or effect
“had minor differences”
inferior in number or size or amount
“a minor share of the profits”
(of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
“the minor keys”
not of legal age
“minor children”
of lesser seriousness or danger
“suffered only minor injuries”
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
of the younger of two boys with the same family name
“Jones minor”
warranting only temporal punishment
“venial sin”
relatively moderate, limited, or small
“a small business”

noun

verb

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