minor - Meaning in Gujarati

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minor - Meaning in Gujarati

minor Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of minor in English

minor adjective

1. relatively moderate, limited, or small

   Synonyms

   modest, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small-scale, small, small

   Examples

   • "a newspaper with a modest circulation"
   • "a pocket-size country"
   • "a small business"
   • "small-scale plans"
2. inferior in number or size or amount

   Examples

   • "a minor share of the profits"
   • "Ursa Minor"
3. lesser in scope or effect

   Examples

   • "a minor disturbance"
   • "had minor differences"
4. not of legal age

   Synonyms

   nonaged, underage

   Example

   • "minor children"
5. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees

   Examples

   • "in B flat minor"
   • "the minor keys"
6. of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
7. of lesser importance or stature or rank

   Examples

   • "a minor official"
   • "a minor poet"
   • "had a minor part in the play"
   • "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"
   • "minor back roads"
8. of lesser seriousness or danger

   Examples

   • "a minor tropical disturbance"
   • "some minor flooding"
   • "suffered only minor injuries"
9. warranting only temporal punishment

   Synonyms

   venial

   Example

   • "venial sin"
10. of the younger of two boys with the same family name

    Example

    • "Jones minor"

minor noun

1. a young person of either sex

   Synonyms

   child, child, fry, fry, kid, kid, nestling, nipper, shaver, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, tyke, youngster

   Examples

   • "she writes books for children"
   • "they're just kids"
   • "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

minor verb

1. have as one's secondary field of study

   Example

   • "in collee she minored in mathematics"

Synonyms of minor

• child, fry, kid, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster
• modest, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small, small-scale
• nonaged, underage
• venial

Antonyms of minor

major

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