minor

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maɪnə/
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Homophones

• miner

Adjective

Positive minor

Comparative more minor

Superlative most minor

1. Not important.
2. (music) A minor musical scale is a scale that starts two notes before the major scale. Music in a minor scale often sounds sad.

   That music could be A minor or C major.

Antonyms

• major

Noun

Singular minor

Plural minors

1. A person who is younger than the legal age of responsibility or accountability.
2. A subject area that is not the main study of a student at a college or university.

   I had so many credit hours of English, it became my minor.

Antonyms

• (law) adult
• (subject area) major

Verb

Plain form minor

Third-person singular minors

Past tense minored

Past participle minored

Present participle minoring

1. To have a minor as a student in a college or university.

   I had so many credit hours of English that I decided to minor in it.