minor
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˈmaɪnər/
- US
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mención
- It's the general education in Medical Sciences intended as a minor program for people in the PhD program in some other field.
- major and minor
- minor and core
Like I like for myself, I, I graduated with a double major, double minor on the Dean's list in college.
- Like I like for myself, I, I graduated with a double major, double minor on the Dean's list in college.
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- So I have a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry, a bachelor's degree, graduated college with that, and then I got a job in biotech for seven years.
- Do you recommend me a minor in something like digital or analytics or some something that would help me like push into this?
Examples
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That is your minor and that is your major.
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So I took a, it's like a minor child development course in high school.
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Do you recommend me a minor in something like digital or analytics or some something that would help me like push into this?
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I'm a former Arabic Studies minor.
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They have made it the most popular secondary field, which is what we call a minor at Harvard.
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So I switched to a theatre major and a French horn minor, which my parents would say those are terrible backups.
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So I have a degree in biology and a minor in chemistry, a bachelor's degree, graduated college with that, and then I got a job in biotech for seven years.
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My friend decided to minor in psychology to complement her major in business.
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At university, I chose to minor in history while pursuing a degree in political science.
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Many students opt to minor in a language to enhance their primary area of study.
Synonyms
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4.6
A smaller area of a subject that studies a specific topic
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A smaller area of study or work within a larger subject
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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
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A musical scale that sounds sad because some notes are lower than in a major scale
- Specialized
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A statement in a logical argument that names the subject of the conclusion
- Specialized
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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
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Etymology
Minor comes from the Latin minor meaning 'smaller' or 'less', and is used for a school subject that is less big or important than your major, so a minor is your smaller, second field of study.