minor
A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etcA child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
» Tom is a minor.
Tom ist minderjährig. — raggione
Том несовершеннолетний. — marafon
Том неповнолітній. — deniko
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12 sensesA child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
No, he can't get a mortgage or sell the house. He's still a minor. For the most part, he can't sign a legally binding contract.
He was only a minor when he succeeded his father to the barony.
A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.
He plays in the minors.
She hasn't won a minor since the Sichuan Open.
(Canada, US)A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.
I got a minor in English Lit.
Nebenfach
непро́фильный предме́тneprófilʹnyj predmét
(Canada, US, uncommon)A person who is completing or has completed such a course of study.
I became an English minor.
A determinant of a square matrix obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns.
(Australian)Synonym of behind: a one-point kick.
Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the Oligia and Mesoligia genera.
A leaf-cutter worker ant intermediate in size between a minim and a media.
Changes rung on six bells.
(obsolete)An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.
Minderjähriger, Minderjährige, minderjährige Person
несовершенноле́тнийnesoveršennolétnij, малоле́тнийmalolétnij
неповнолі́тнійnepovnolítnij, малолі́тнійmalolítnij
(obsolete, rare)Synonym of subtrahend, the amount subtracted from a number.
(UK, obsolete, rare)The younger brother of a pupil.
- a young person of either sex
Examples
248 sentencesTom is a minor.
Том неповнолітній. — deniko
ruТом несовершеннолетний. — marafon
deTom ist minderjährig. — raggione
Tom isn't a minor.
Том не неповнолітній. — deniko
ruТом не несовершеннолетний. — marafon
deTom ist nicht minderjährig. — wolfgangth
The law prohibits minors from smoking.
Закон забороняє курити особам, що не досягли зрілого віку. — deniko
ruЗакон запрещает несовершеннолетним курить. — soweli_Elepanto
I'm a minor.
Я неповнолітній. — deniko
ruЯ несовершеннолетний. — sharptoothed
Tom received minor injuries.
Том отримав незначні пошкодження. — oromashka
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young peFrom Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.
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Forms
plural: minorsSynonyms
13 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsCollocations
10 patterns- minor injuries
- suffered minor injuries
- is a minor
- a minor problem
- a minor accident
- suffered minor
- minor problem
- still a minor
- minor accident
- had a minor
See also
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