Tra từ minor - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

minor AW [minor minors minored minoring] adjective, noun, verb BrE [ˈmaɪnə(r)] NAmE [ˈmaɪnər]
adjective
1. usually before noun not very large, important or serious
•a minor road
•minor injuries
•to undergo minor surgery
•youths imprisoned for minor offences
• There may be some minor changes to the schedule.
• Women played a relatively minor role in the organization.
Opp: ↑major
2. (music)based on a ↑scale in which the third note is a semitone/half tone higher than the second note
•the key of C minor
compare ↑major

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Latin, smaller, less; related to minuere ‘lessen’. The term originally denoted a Franciscan friar, suggested by the Latin name Fratres Minores (‘Lesser Brethren’), chosen by St Francis for the order.

Thesaurus:
minor adj. usually before noun
•There may be some minor changes to the schedule.
slight • • small • • modest • |especially spoken little • |especially written insignificant • • unimportant • • marginal • |often disapproving trivial • • petty • |formal, especially business peripheral •
Opp: major, Opp: serious, Opp: severe
minor/small/little/unimportant/trivial/petty/peripheral things
minor/small/little/insignificant/unimportant/trivial details
a minor/slight/small/little/trivial/petty problem
minor/petty crime/theft/criminals

Example Bank:
•That's a relatively minor matter. We can leave it till later.
•This is a very minor operation and there is very little risk involved.
•A minor snag is that it's expensive.
•Both the driver and the passenger suffered minor injuries.
•His only injuries were some minor scratches above his eye.
•Minor skirmishes broke out all along the border.
•Most of these youths are in prison for minor offences.
•The CD contains a number of delightful short pieces by minor composers.
•The letter's survival is something of a minor miracle.
•The new plan involves widening a minor road through the valley.
•The novel is now regarded as a minor classic.
•You may need to undergo minor surgery.
Derived: ↑minor in something

noun
1. (law)a person who is under the age at which you legally become an adult and are responsible for your actions
•It is an offence to serve alcohol to minors.
•He was jailed for having sex with a minor.
2. (especially NAmE)a subject that you study at university in addition to your ↑major

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Latin, smaller, less; related to minuere ‘lessen’. The term originally denoted a Franciscan friar, suggested by the Latin name Fratres Minores (‘Lesser Brethren’), chosen by St Francis for the order.

verb
compare ↑major
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Latin, smaller, less; related to minuere ‘lessen’. The term originally denoted a Franciscan friar, suggested by the Latin name Fratres Minores (‘Lesser Brethren’), chosen by St Francis for the order.