Meaning

1 senses

  1. Used in a phrasal verb: minor in.

More definitions
  • have as one's secondary field of study

Examples

248 sentences

  1. Tom is a minor.

    Том неповнолітній. — deniko

    ruТом несовершеннолетний. — marafon

    deTom ist minderjährig. — raggione

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  2. Tom isn't a minor.

    Том не неповнолітній. — deniko

    ruТом не несовершеннолетний. — marafon

    deTom ist nicht minderjährig. — wolfgangth

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  3. The law prohibits minors from smoking.

    Закон забороняє курити особам, що не досягли зрілого віку. — deniko

    ruЗакон запрещает несовершеннолетним курить. — soweli_Elepanto

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  4. I'm a minor.

    Я неповнолітній. — deniko

    ruЯ несовершеннолетний. — sharptoothed

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  5. Tom received minor injuries.

    Том отримав незначні пошкодження. — oromashka

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Origin

From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young pe

From 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

minors, minoring, minored, minored
Base formminor · to minor
3rd person singularminors
Present participleminoring
Past simpleminored
Past participleminored

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyminor
he, she, itminors

Past simpleLesson

all personsminored

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave minored
he, she, ithas minored

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill minor

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

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

neighbours in the dictionary
minkminnowminorityB1mintB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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