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adjective | noun | verb minorminor1 /ˈmaɪnɚ/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL adjective ETYMOLOGYminor1Origin: 1200-1300 Latin smaller THESAURUSnot having a big effect or influence or a lot of value or meaning, and not worth considering► unimportantnot having a big effect or influence or a lot of value or meaning, and not worth considering: The article contained a lot of unimportant details. ► not important unimportant: The name of the little girl is not important to the story. ► of no/little importance not important, or not very important: His past is of little importance – what matters is what he’s doing now. ► minor small and not very important or serious, especially when compared with other things: I just made a few minor edits, but overall your essay was great. ► trivial not important or serious: She wastes a lot of time on trivial things like what color nail polish to wear. ► insignificant too small or unimportant to consider or worry about: My own problems seemed insignificant in comparison to hers. ► negligible/marginal too slight or small to be important: The difference in price is negligible, so don’t worry about it. ► secondary not as important as other related things: All other questions were secondary. ► irrelevant not useful in or not relating to a particular situation, and therefore not important: A person’s race should be irrelevant to hiring decisions. ► peripheral formal not as important as other things or people in a particular activity or situation: A lot of the information he gave was only peripheral to the main issue. 1small and not very important or serious, especially when compared with other things OPP major: Most of the problems have been very minor. a minor traffic violation minor injuries► see thesaurus at unimportant2eng. lang. arts based on a musical scale in which the third note of the related major scale has been lowered by a half step: a minor key a symphony in D minor [Origin: 1200–1300 Latin smaller] → major adjective | noun | verb minorminor2 ●●○ AWL noun [countable] THESAURUSyoung person► child a young person who is not yet fully grown, especially someone younger than about 13 years old: The movie is too scary for young children. He has always been a healthy child. ► kid informal a child or a teenager: There are only a couple other kids Josh’s age in the neighborhood. ► toddler a child that is just learning to walk: I keep very busy with a toddler in the house! ► little boy/girl a young male or female child: The little boys were playing on the swings. ► teenager someone who is between 13 and 19 years old: The teenagers at the high school are washing cars to raise money. ► adolescent formal a teenager: Many adolescents spend too much time online or playing video games. ► juvenile formal a young person who is not yet an adult, used especially when this person has committed a crime: As a juvenile, he faces a maximum sentence of five years. ► minor formal someone who is not yet legally an adult: It is illegal to sell alcohol to minors. ► youngster a child or young person. Youngster is used by adults, especially in writing: The community center has programs for local youngsters. 1law someone who is not old enough to be considered legally responsible for his or her actions, usually someone under the age of 18: Thomas pleaded guilty to buying alcohol for a minor.► see thesaurus at child2the second main subject that you study in college for your degree → major: “What’s your minor?” “History.”3the minors the minor leagues adjective | noun | verb minorminor3 AWL verb VERB TABLEminor |
| Present | I, you, we, they | minor | | he, she, it | minors | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | minored | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have minored | | he, she, it | has minored | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had minored | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will minor | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have minored |
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| Present | I | am minoring | | he, she, it | is minoring | | you, we, they | are minoring | | Past | I, he, she, it | was minoring | | you, we, they | were minoring | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been minoring | | he, she, it | has been minoring | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been minoring | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be minoring | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been minoring |
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