minor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Verb 2 Latin 2.1 Adjective 2.1.1 Antonyms 2.2 Verb 2.2.1 Inflection

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin minor

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /maɪnə/
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[edit] Homophones

• miner
• mynah (non-rhotic accents)

[edit] Adjective

minor

1. of little significance or importance.
2. (music): Of a musical scale in which some notes are sounded flat.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:insignificant
• See also Wikisaurus:small

[edit] Antonyms

• major

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[edit] Noun

minor (plural minors)

1. A person who is below the legal age of responsibility or accountability.
2. A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
   • I had so many credit hours of English, it became my minor.
   • I became an English minor.
3. (mathematics) determinant of a square submatrix

[edit] Antonyms

• (Law): adult
• major

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[edit] Verb

to minor (third-person singular simple present minors, present participle minoring, simple past and past participle minored)

1. To 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.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Adjective

minor comparative, m./f. sing., third declension (positive: parvus, superlative: minimus)

1. comparative of parvus; lesser, inferior, smaller.

[edit] Antonyms

• māior

[edit] Verb

present active minor, present infinitive minārī, perfect active minātus sum. (deponent)

1. I jut forth, protrude, project.
2. I threaten, menace someone with something.

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