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to minor

to minor

4.8
To study a subject as a second focus at university
  • verb
  • /ˈmaɪnər/
  • US
translation icon : cursar como materia secundaria
  • Many students opt to minor in a language to enhance their major studies.

Examples

  • She's starting college at Brown in the fall with women's studies and a minor Telekinesis, Plum dry and the righty.

  • Almost a quarter of secondary school students (22 percent) take at least one class with a teacher who did not even minor in the subject he or she teaches.

    Academic text (2012)
  • So I became a political science major and a minor in English for writing.

  • I had a minor in so man, how was it?

  • At university, I decided to minor in history while majoring in biology.

  • She chose to minor in sociology because she found the subject fascinating.

Antonyms

243 3.4

The main subject a student studies at university

Idioms

in a minor key
  • Specialized
1 6.6

Music that uses notes that make the song sound sad or serious

Compounds

49 3.0

A group of sports teams that play below the top professional level

6 3.2

A small point that is not important

5 4.8

A baseball player who plays for a professional team below the top level

minor surgery
  • Specialized
4 3.6

A simple operation that does not need a general anaesthetic and lets you go home the same day

A sports team that plays in a lower-level league below the major leagues

3 3.5

A small, less important part in a play, film, or TV show

2 5.9

A set of notes that sounds sad or serious

1 4.3

A large peninsula in western Turkey also called Anatolia

minor planet
  • Specialized
1 6.4

A small body that orbits the Sun, like an asteroid

A small amount of money spent on everyday work items like parking or snacks

minor scale
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A musical scale that sounds sad because some notes are lower than in a major scale

minor premise
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A statement in a logical argument that names the subject of the conclusion

pectoralis minor
  • Specialized
1 7.3

A thin chest muscle that pulls the shoulder blade down and helps lift ribs when you breathe deeply

epilepsia minor
  • Archaic
9.9

Short episodes of lost awareness without strong body shaking

Lemna minor
  • Specialized
9.3

A small floating water plant like duckweed that grows in ponds

minor axis
  • Specialized
7.2

The shorter diameter of an ellipse that goes through its center and meets the longer axis at right angles

minor diatonic scale
  • Specialized
8.5

A set of notes used in Western music that makes a piece sound sad

A day in Judaism when adults fast from dawn to nightfall but can do normal work

A small complaint about something that bothers you

minor suit
  • Jargon
6.9

A suit worth fewer points in bridge, like diamonds or clubs

minor term
  • Specialized
9.6

The word that the conclusion is about in a syllogism

6.3

A mild medicine that reduces anxiety and tension

6.4

A medicine that makes worry and stress less without making you very sleepy

minor mode
  • Specialized
7.6

A musical key that uses a pattern of notes and sounds sad or serious

9.9

A statement in a logical argument that names the subject of the conclusion

A sports team that plays in a lower league below the top teams

8.2

A thin muscle under the larger chest muscle that pulls the shoulder blade down or lifts the ribs

9.9

A small back muscle that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine and slightly up

musculus teres minor
  • Specialized
8.4

A small round shoulder muscle that pulls the arm toward the body and turns it outward

rhomboid minor muscle
  • Specialized
6.1

A small upper back muscle that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine and slightly up

Philohela minor
  • Specialized
9.9

A small North American bird with a long bill that uses it to find worms and people hunt for food

Sarracenia minor
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with yellow flowers and hollow trumpet-shaped leaves that trap insects

teres minor
  • Specialized
8.1

A small shoulder muscle that turns the arm outward and helps keep the shoulder joint steady

teres minor muscle
  • Specialized
6.1

A small upper-arm muscle that turns the arm outward and steadies the shoulder

variola minor virus
  • Specialized
6.7

A milder form of smallpox that kills about one person in a hundred

variola minor
  • Specialized
7.0

A mild type of smallpox that usually causes less severe sickness and few deaths

Vinca minor
  • Specialized
7.8

A low plant with dark green shiny leaves and small blue-violet flowers that covers the ground

How Focused

to major
5 3.8
to minor
  • US
4.8
to study
1.0
to audit
7 6.1

Surface Forms

minor infinitive
minored past
minored past participle
minoring present participle
minors third person singular

Etymology

Minor comes from the Latin minor meaning 'smaller' or 'less', and to minor in a subject is to study it as your smaller, second subject beside your major.