Minor | Mean of minor in English Dictionary

/ˈmaɪnɚ/

• not very important or valuable
1. a minor artist/author/celebrity
2. Her role in the project was minor.
3. a minor component/part
4. I'm not worried about minor details.
5. a minor news story
6. minor characters
7. Doctors described her recovery as a minor miracle. [=her health was very bad and doctors were not sure if she would recover]
• small in number, quantity, or extent
1. The grant covered only a minor part of the cost.
• not very serious
1. a minor illness/injury/setback
2. The delay will be minor.
3. a very minor annoyance/accident
4. a minor earthquake
5. minor errors/mistakes
6. He suffered a minor heart attack.

• having semitones between the second and third, the fifth and sixth, and sometimes the seventh and eighth notes in a scale
1. a minor scale
• based on a minor scale
1. a minor key
• not yet old enough to have the rights of an adult
1. He has minor children living in the house.
• Noun
• a person who is not yet old enough to have the rights of an adult
1. families with children who are still minors
2. The nightclub was shut down for selling alcohol to a minor.
• a second subject studied by a college or university student in addition to a main subject
1. She majored in chemistry with a minor in biology.
• the minor leagues of baseball
1. He spent his entire career in the minors.
• Verb
• to have (a specified second subject of study) in addition to your main subject
1. In college, she majored in chemistry and minored in biology.