minor
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈmaɪnər/
:
menor
- Since he is a minor, he cannot make legal decisions without parental consent.
- parental consent for minors
- rights of minors
- laws affecting minors
While they were minors and he was very forceful.
- While they were minors and he was very forceful.
- His father used his son's fame to procure young women, including minors, for prostitution.
- You have these corporation owners, CEOs, business guys who are having sex with minors and having sex with children.
- A guardian's got to be employed, a legal guardian beyond just physical, physical care of the minor.
- We don't know, but Philip Scofield's brother has just been convicted for multiple instances of sexual relations with minors.
- So let's let's look at the, the first company we spoke to for what do you think of minors six months later?
Examples
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What we have is an undocumented minor in detention.
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Since some study participants were minors, parents provided consent for their child to participate.
Academic text (2013) -
You do that to a minor, it should be a crime.
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Of course, having sex with a minor could get me off the force and I have my career to consider.
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And what exactly is your relationship to this minor?
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"We hid that from the minor, spoke only when he was asleep.
Fiction book (2000) -
We're contributing to the delinquency of minors, B.
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Some of those trying to cross the borders are minors entering without an adult caretaker.
Academic text (2013) -
The investigating officers found two unsupervised minors in the apartment and contacted us.
Fiction book (1994) -
Thirty-two states have laws requiring minors to notify one or both parents before obtaining an abortion.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
A young person, usually a child
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1.0
A young person who is not yet an adult, often a son or daughter
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1.0
A person between 13 and 19 years old
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1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
453
1.0
A young person aged 13 to 19
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1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
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1.0
A young person, often a boy or young man
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3.9
A young person who is not yet an adult
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3.5
A young person between childhood and adulthood, often aged 13 to 18
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8.0
A young child who is lively and often naughty
3
9.0
A child or young person in British English
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8.7
A small child, often a boy, who is playful or naughty
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7.4
Young children who are not yet adults
A person who is not legally an adult, usually a child
A person under the legal age of adulthood
A child younger than thirteen who is about to become a teenager
A very small child
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.6
A simple operation that does not need a general anaesthetic and lets you go home the same day
- Specialized
1
4.6
A musical scale that sounds sad because some notes are lower than in a major scale
- Specialized
1
8.6
A statement in a logical argument that names the subject of the conclusion
- Specialized
1
7.3
A thin chest muscle that pulls the shoulder blade down and helps lift ribs when you breathe deeply
- Specialized
The shorter diameter of an ellipse that goes through its center and meets the longer axis at right angles
- Specialized
A set of notes used in Western music that makes a piece sound sad
- Archaic
A medicine that makes worry and stress less without making you very sleepy
- Specialized
A thin muscle under the larger chest muscle that pulls the shoulder blade down or lifts the ribs
- Specialized
A small back muscle that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine and slightly up
- Specialized
A small round shoulder muscle that pulls the arm toward the body and turns it outward
- Specialized
A small upper back muscle that pulls the shoulder blade toward the spine and slightly up
- Specialized
A small North American bird with a long bill that uses it to find worms and people hunt for food
- Specialized
A plant with yellow flowers and hollow trumpet-shaped leaves that trap insects
- Specialized
A small shoulder muscle that turns the arm outward and helps keep the shoulder joint steady
- Specialized
A small upper-arm muscle that turns the arm outward and steadies the shoulder
- Specialized
A milder form of smallpox that kills about one person in a hundred
- Specialized
A mild type of smallpox that usually causes less severe sickness and few deaths
- Specialized
A low plant with dark green shiny leaves and small blue-violet flowers that covers the ground
Surface Forms
Etymology
Minor comes from the Latin word minor, meaning 'smaller' or 'less', so a minor is literally a 'smaller' person in age or legal standing who is not yet a full adult.