Meaning of minor In English

• 0 having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the same type:

  • a minor operation

  • It's only a minor problem.

  • There's been an increase in minor offences, such as traffic violations and petty theft.

  • She suffered only minor injuries.

  • It requires a few minor adjustments.

  • a minor poet of the 16th century

• 1 belonging or relating to a musical scale that is generally thought to have a sad sound:

  • The piece is written in a minor key.

  • Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor

• 2 someone who is too young to have the legal responsibilities of an adult:

  • He was accused of having sex with a minor.

• 3 to study something as your second most important subject in college:

  • I minored in Spanish in college.

• 4 not great in size or importance:

  • She suffered minor injuries in the accident.

  • Waiting another half hour was only a minor inconvenience.

• 5 based on a scale (= series of musical notes) in which there is a whole step (= sound difference) between each note except between the second and third notes and between the fifth and sixth notes:

  • a minor scale

  • a minor chord

• 6 a person under the age at which he or she legally becomes an adult

• 7 the second most important subject that a college student is studying:

  • I’m taking two courses in my minor, chemistry.

• 8 having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with similar things:

  • It's only a minor problem.

  • There are minor differences between the models, but they're basically the same.

  • The vehicle only suffered minor damage.

  • minor adjustments/corrections/modifications

• 9 someone who has not yet reached the age when they are legally an adult:

  • It's illegal for adults to supply tobacco to minors.