Collocations for "minor"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "minor" in context.
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minor
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- had a minor [accident, incident, mishap]
- suffer from a minor [illness, disease]
- was treated for minor [injuries, burns]
- a minor [case, dose] (of)
- suffered minor [damages] (to)
- only minor [damages, delays] were caused
- experience a minor [problem, issue, glitch, hitch, bug]
- just one minor [criticism, thing]
- committed a minor [mistake, offense, error]
- minor [changes, modifications, amendments, adjustments] (to)
- is only of minor [significance, consequence]
- [had, played] a minor [part, role] in
- a minor [number, amount, percentage, proportion] (of)
- [make, implement, propose] minor [changes]
- music: a minor [note, scale, key]
- music: in (the key of) [G] minor
- the student's minor subjects
- has a minor degree in
- the (legal) protection of minors
- [smoking, drug taking, drinking] among minors
- [fined, closed down] for employing minors
- convicted for [having sex, sexual intercourse] with a minor
- is [still, no longer] considered a minor
- was tried as a minor
- considered a minor [up to, until] [eighteen]
- (claimed he) didn't know she was a minor
- [decide on, claim, file for] custody of the minor
- the minors are in [state custody, foster care, a foster home]
- music: in the key of [A] minor
- plays [football, basketball, baseball] in the minors
- is a coach in the minors
- has a [history, philosophy, genetics] minor
- got a [history] minor (from Princeton)
'minor' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
C
- F
- aliment
- annoyance
- aside
- barrier
- baseball
- blemish
- burn
- competitor
- concession
- concussion
- condition
- contribution
- decrease
- defect
- dent
- detail
- distance
- downside
- drunk
- edit
- error
- escape
- facet
- felony
- flaw
- fuss
- glitch
- guardian
- handicap
- hiccup
- improvement
- incident
- inconvenience
- increase
- intercourse
- jail
- key
- league
- major
- matter
- mishap
- mistake
- obstacle
- overlap
- oversight
- piece
- pitch
- pitfall