to minor
- verb
- /ˈmaɪnər/
- US
- Many students opt to minor in a language to enhance their major studies.
Examples
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She's starting college at Brown in the fall with women's studies and a minor Telekinesis, Plum dry and the righty.
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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.
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I had a minor in so man, how was it?
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At university, I decided to minor in history while majoring in biology.
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She chose to minor in sociology because she found the subject fascinating.
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Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A simple operation that does not need a general anaesthetic and lets you go home the same day
- Specialized
A musical scale that sounds sad because some notes are lower than in a major scale
- Specialized
A statement in a logical argument that names the subject of the conclusion
- Specialized
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 to minor in a subject is to study it as your smaller, second subject beside your major.