Definition of minority in English:

minority

nounPlural minorities mɪˈnɒrɪtimʌɪˈnɒrɪtiməˈnɔrədi

1The smaller number or part, especially a number or part representing less than half of the whole.
少数
only a minority of properties are rented
those who acknowledge his influence are in the minority
as modifier a minority party
少数党。
Example sentencesExamples
- And for the minority of people who can't, having restricted licensing hours is highly unlikely to deter them.
- The group is regarded as a fundamentalist organisation representing the views of the minority of Muslims.
- Nevertheless, even though it may only be a small minority of young people who are going off the rails, the report reveals much that is worrying.
- He claimed those allegedly involved represented a very small minority of the district's Asian community.
- Only a minority of organizing campaigns use such tactics effectively, she says.
- These laws are aimed at the minority of annoying customers and not at the lovely ones.
- There would appear to be a whole range of compatibility issues with small programs that a minority of users have on their computer.
- It is only in a minority of cases that the problem is stress-related.
- Focusing on a minority of more profitable brands that are believed to have the greatest growth potential will actually help retailers.
- The A-level of old had a specific function: to test the minority of young people who would go on to higher education.
- So it looks as if, for the foreseeable future, unfurnished properties will comprise a tiny minority of the private rented market.
- There would be only a tiny minority of Australians who would not support tough action being taken against terrorists.
- The minority of settlers that chose to defy the ultimatums knew that the government meant business.
- How do we detect the minority of patients who really would be frightened?
- Perhaps because it got it from the founder of the state of Bulgaria, it is one of a minority of Sofia streets never to have been renamed.
- Today, only a minority of islands bother with cutting peats.
- There is overwhelming evidence that the Holocaust was real, yet a minority of ideologically driven historians still deny it.
- Operative repair is necessary for the minority of cases that don't respond to splinting.
- It is an option only suited to a minority of tourists - independent travellers, prepared to rough it and able to speak Spanish.
- Throughout this period, there had always been a minority of rebels who challenged the rule of the clock.
1. 1.1 The number of votes cast for or by the smaller party in a legislative assembly.
  （议会）少数党得（或投）的票
  a blocking minority of 23 votes
  少数党阻碍（议案）的23票。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This means that a minority of just 26 votes can block a decision.
  The balance of voting in the Council of Ministers had, up to this point, meant that a 'blocking minority' of 23 votes was required.
2. 1.2 A small group of people within a community or country, differing from the main population in race, religion, language, or political persuasion.
  少数民族
  ethnic minorities
  as modifier minority rights
  Example sentencesExamples
  The main Canadian minorities have better social conditions and benefit from a different pattern of government transfers to the poor.
  It wasn't even welfare reform, because that was popular with minorities.
  No wonder we never hear of any member of the minority community ever holding any position of importance in these countries.
  Equally important, we have to go address the growing minority populations in this country.
  There are no real race or religion minorities, much less any clashes.
  By the year 2010, 50 per cent of people living in London are going to be from the minority communities.
  It seems extraordinary that as liberals we now feel secure enough to impose our own orthodoxies on the dissenting minorities within our community.
  Most nations practice discrimination against foreigners and disfavor minorities within their countries.
  There are two main religious minorities which apply for asylum in the United Kingdom.
  Which brings us back to the Sikhs, who before this incident in Birmingham were the model of a law-abiding minority community.
  The day Hinduism becomes a minority religion in India, it will be no different from Pakistan.
  Under what criteria is it acceptable for a political minority to take by force what it cannot win at the ballot box?
  Can there be true secularism and democracy in Kashmir without giving the Pandit minority a political space?
  This allowed minorities and ethnic communities to flourish here.
  More than a third of the world's Muslim population live as minorities.
  In the main, not all minorities are beleaguered and not all non-minorities are privileged.
  There were no Tamil or Muslim candidates representing the country's main ethnic and religious minorities.
  His hatred for minorities and communists comes out transparently.
  Many Roma communities have been settled for centuries as established minorities within countries that still don't accept them.
  The minority community generally feel that the scales of justice are tilted widely against them.
2mass noun The state or period of being under the age of full legal responsibility.
未成年，未及法定年龄；未成年身份
intrigues between factions striving to make the king their puppet continued throughout his minority
Example sentencesExamples
- The context was exceptional, for royal authority was weakened by the minority of Louis XIV.
- Claims by children are not limited to those made during their minority; an adult child may seek an order.
- During the claimant's minority the initial limitation period would not run.
Synonyms
youth, early years, early days, early life, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, pre-teens, prepubescence, adolescence, teens, teenage years, young adulthood, immaturity

Phrases

be (or find oneself) in a minority of one

humorous Be the sole person to hold a particular view.
once again, Britain is in a minority of one within the EC
Example sentencesExamples
- I may be in a minority of one, but wonder whether it might not have been better to recognize that he is a reformed person, and rather than hound him to readily accept him back into the community.
- It is also true that, within the Government, let alone the Parliamentary Labour Party, he was in a minority of one in his support for top-up fees as the means by which to achieve that end.
- In this, as in other quarrels, Wilson found himself in a minority of one.
- ‘I'll be watching England's match against Sweden at a friend's house in the privacy of a small World Cup party and yes, obviously, I'll be in a minority of one,’ he tells me.
- As new entrants to the European Union happily join the single currency, Britain could easily be in a minority of one among 25.
- Last night there was relief in Downing Street that the prime minister right had not ultimately found himself in a minority of one.
- As a self-proclaimed ‘moderniser’, I used to think that I was in a minority of one as a Euro-sceptic.
- Lets put it this way, when Murali gets to 500 wickets, Warne will be in a minority of one in the list of most admired & gentlemen cricketers with 500 Test wickets.
- I have long been in a minority of one among my friends in preferring the Flat to National Hunt.
- Following the two recent by-elections in the Central and Western wards the Conservative administration is in a minority of one and could be outvoted if Labour and the Liberal Democrats do a deal.

Origin

Late 15th century (in sense 2): from French minorité or medieval Latin minoritas, from Latin minor 'smaller' (see minor).

Rhymes

authority, inferiority, juniority, majority, priority, seniority, sonority, sorority, superiority

Definition of minority in US English:

minority

nounməˈnɔrədiməˈnôrədē

1The smaller number or part, especially a number that is less than half the whole number.
少数
as modifier a minority party
少数党。
harsher measures for the minority of really serious offenders
对少数违规十分严重者的更严厉措施。
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps because it got it from the founder of the state of Bulgaria, it is one of a minority of Sofia streets never to have been renamed.
- Nevertheless, even though it may only be a small minority of young people who are going off the rails, the report reveals much that is worrying.
- Today, only a minority of islands bother with cutting peats.
- It is an option only suited to a minority of tourists - independent travellers, prepared to rough it and able to speak Spanish.
- Throughout this period, there had always been a minority of rebels who challenged the rule of the clock.
- There is overwhelming evidence that the Holocaust was real, yet a minority of ideologically driven historians still deny it.
- The group is regarded as a fundamentalist organisation representing the views of the minority of Muslims.
- And for the minority of people who can't, having restricted licensing hours is highly unlikely to deter them.
- There would be only a tiny minority of Australians who would not support tough action being taken against terrorists.
- The minority of settlers that chose to defy the ultimatums knew that the government meant business.
- So it looks as if, for the foreseeable future, unfurnished properties will comprise a tiny minority of the private rented market.
- These laws are aimed at the minority of annoying customers and not at the lovely ones.
- Focusing on a minority of more profitable brands that are believed to have the greatest growth potential will actually help retailers.
- Operative repair is necessary for the minority of cases that don't respond to splinting.
- There would appear to be a whole range of compatibility issues with small programs that a minority of users have on their computer.
- Only a minority of organizing campaigns use such tactics effectively, she says.
- It is only in a minority of cases that the problem is stress-related.
- The A-level of old had a specific function: to test the minority of young people who would go on to higher education.
- How do we detect the minority of patients who really would be frightened?
- He claimed those allegedly involved represented a very small minority of the district's Asian community.
1. 1.1 The number of votes cast for or by the smaller party in a legislative assembly.
  （议会）少数党得（或投）的票
  a blocking minority of 23 votes
  少数党阻碍（议案）的23票。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The balance of voting in the Council of Ministers had, up to this point, meant that a 'blocking minority' of 23 votes was required.
  This means that a minority of just 26 votes can block a decision.
2. 1.2 A relatively small group of people, especially one commonly discriminated against in a community, society, or nation, differing from others in race, religion, language, or political persuasion.
  少数民族
  as modifier minority rights
  representatives of ethnic minorities
  少数民族代表。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are no real race or religion minorities, much less any clashes.
  Many Roma communities have been settled for centuries as established minorities within countries that still don't accept them.
  His hatred for minorities and communists comes out transparently.
  By the year 2010, 50 per cent of people living in London are going to be from the minority communities.
  The main Canadian minorities have better social conditions and benefit from a different pattern of government transfers to the poor.
  More than a third of the world's Muslim population live as minorities.
  Which brings us back to the Sikhs, who before this incident in Birmingham were the model of a law-abiding minority community.
  Equally important, we have to go address the growing minority populations in this country.
  Under what criteria is it acceptable for a political minority to take by force what it cannot win at the ballot box?
  This allowed minorities and ethnic communities to flourish here.
  It seems extraordinary that as liberals we now feel secure enough to impose our own orthodoxies on the dissenting minorities within our community.
  The minority community generally feel that the scales of justice are tilted widely against them.
  In the main, not all minorities are beleaguered and not all non-minorities are privileged.
  The day Hinduism becomes a minority religion in India, it will be no different from Pakistan.
  No wonder we never hear of any member of the minority community ever holding any position of importance in these countries.
  Most nations practice discrimination against foreigners and disfavor minorities within their countries.
  It wasn't even welfare reform, because that was popular with minorities.
  There were no Tamil or Muslim candidates representing the country's main ethnic and religious minorities.
  There are two main religious minorities which apply for asylum in the United Kingdom.
  Can there be true secularism and democracy in Kashmir without giving the Pandit minority a political space?
2The state or period of being under the age of full legal responsibility.
未成年，未及法定年龄；未成年身份
Example sentencesExamples
- Claims by children are not limited to those made during their minority; an adult child may seek an order.
- The context was exceptional, for royal authority was weakened by the minority of Louis XIV.
- During the claimant's minority the initial limitation period would not run.
Synonyms
youth, early years, early days, early life, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, pre-teens, prepubescence, adolescence, teens, teenage years, young adulthood, immaturity

Phrases

be (or find oneself) in a minority of one

humorous Be the sole person to be in favor of or against something.
〈常幽默〉是孤家寡人；得不到任何支持
Example sentencesExamples
- I may be in a minority of one, but wonder whether it might not have been better to recognize that he is a reformed person, and rather than hound him to readily accept him back into the community.
- Last night there was relief in Downing Street that the prime minister right had not ultimately found himself in a minority of one.
- ‘I'll be watching England's match against Sweden at a friend's house in the privacy of a small World Cup party and yes, obviously, I'll be in a minority of one,’ he tells me.
- It is also true that, within the Government, let alone the Parliamentary Labour Party, he was in a minority of one in his support for top-up fees as the means by which to achieve that end.
- Following the two recent by-elections in the Central and Western wards the Conservative administration is in a minority of one and could be outvoted if Labour and the Liberal Democrats do a deal.
- As a self-proclaimed ‘moderniser’, I used to think that I was in a minority of one as a Euro-sceptic.
- I have long been in a minority of one among my friends in preferring the Flat to National Hunt.
- As new entrants to the European Union happily join the single currency, Britain could easily be in a minority of one among 25.
- Lets put it this way, when Murali gets to 500 wickets, Warne will be in a minority of one in the list of most admired & gentlemen cricketers with 500 Test wickets.
- In this, as in other quarrels, Wilson found himself in a minority of one.

in the minority

Belonging to or constituting the smaller group or number.
属少数派；占少数的
those who acknowledge his influence are certainly in the minority
Example sentencesExamples
- You're also, however, running pretty puny databases and certainly in the minority.
- Pirates would have been my choice but I would have thought I was in the minority.
- There are poems which express a more conventional view of God, but they're certainly in the minority.
- While impact-related injuries certainly do occur, they are by far in the minority.
- While I'm definitely in the minority on this view, there is a small comfort to be had.
- But she is in the minority, according to new research from Alliance & Leicester.
- Personally, I'd rather see debt repayment but I think I'm in the minority there.
- More of my friends own stick shifts than not, so I've always felt in the minority.
- We are in the minority and the American people have assigned us a role to play.
- I am supporting the recommendations of the science committee and am currently in the minority.

Origin

Late 15th century (in minority (sense 2)): from French minorité or medieval Latin minoritas, from Latin minor ‘smaller’ (see minor).

词汇	minority
释义	Definition of minority in English: minority nounPlural minorities mɪˈnɒrɪtimʌɪˈnɒrɪtiməˈnɔrədi 1The smaller number or part, especially a number or part representing less than half of the whole. 少数 only a minority of properties are rented those who acknowledge his influence are in the minority as modifier a minority party 少数党。 Example sentencesExamples And for the minority of people who can't, having restricted licensing hours is highly unlikely to deter them. The group is regarded as a fundamentalist organisation representing the views of the minority of Muslims. Nevertheless, even though it may only be a small minority of young people who are going off the rails, the report reveals much that is worrying. He claimed those allegedly involved represented a very small minority of the district's Asian community. Only a minority of organizing campaigns use such tactics effectively, she says. These laws are aimed at the minority of annoying customers and not at the lovely ones. There would appear to be a whole range of compatibility issues with small programs that a minority of users have on their computer. It is only in a minority of cases that the problem is stress-related. Focusing on a minority of more profitable brands that are believed to have the greatest growth potential will actually help retailers. The A-level of old had a specific function: to test the minority of young people who would go on to higher education. So it looks as if, for the foreseeable future, unfurnished properties will comprise a tiny minority of the private rented market. There would be only a tiny minority of Australians who would not support tough action being taken against terrorists. The minority of settlers that chose to defy the ultimatums knew that the government meant business. How do we detect the minority of patients who really would be frightened? Perhaps because it got it from the founder of the state of Bulgaria, it is one of a minority of Sofia streets never to have been renamed. Today, only a minority of islands bother with cutting peats. There is overwhelming evidence that the Holocaust was real, yet a minority of ideologically driven historians still deny it. Operative repair is necessary for the minority of cases that don't respond to splinting. It is an option only suited to a minority of tourists - independent travellers, prepared to rough it and able to speak Spanish. Throughout this period, there had always been a minority of rebels who challenged the rule of the clock. 1.1 The number of votes cast for or by the smaller party in a legislative assembly. （议会）少数党得（或投）的票 a blocking minority of 23 votes 少数党阻碍（议案）的23票。 Example sentencesExamples This means that a minority of just 26 votes can block a decision. The balance of voting in the Council of Ministers had, up to this point, meant that a 'blocking minority' of 23 votes was required. 1.2 A small group of people within a community or country, differing from the main population in race, religion, language, or political persuasion. 少数民族 ethnic minorities as modifier minority rights Example sentencesExamples The main Canadian minorities have better social conditions and benefit from a different pattern of government transfers to the poor. It wasn't even welfare reform, because that was popular with minorities. No wonder we never hear of any member of the minority community ever holding any position of importance in these countries. Equally important, we have to go address the growing minority populations in this country. There are no real race or religion minorities, much less any clashes. By the year 2010, 50 per cent of people living in London are going to be from the minority communities. It seems extraordinary that as liberals we now feel secure enough to impose our own orthodoxies on the dissenting minorities within our community. Most nations practice discrimination against foreigners and disfavor minorities within their countries. There are two main religious minorities which apply for asylum in the United Kingdom. Which brings us back to the Sikhs, who before this incident in Birmingham were the model of a law-abiding minority community. The day Hinduism becomes a minority religion in India, it will be no different from Pakistan. Under what criteria is it acceptable for a political minority to take by force what it cannot win at the ballot box? Can there be true secularism and democracy in Kashmir without giving the Pandit minority a political space? This allowed minorities and ethnic communities to flourish here. More than a third of the world's Muslim population live as minorities. In the main, not all minorities are beleaguered and not all non-minorities are privileged. There were no Tamil or Muslim candidates representing the country's main ethnic and religious minorities. His hatred for minorities and communists comes out transparently. Many Roma communities have been settled for centuries as established minorities within countries that still don't accept them. The minority community generally feel that the scales of justice are tilted widely against them. 2mass noun The state or period of being under the age of full legal responsibility. 未成年，未及法定年龄；未成年身份 intrigues between factions striving to make the king their puppet continued throughout his minority Example sentencesExamples The context was exceptional, for royal authority was weakened by the minority of Louis XIV. Claims by children are not limited to those made during their minority; an adult child may seek an order. During the claimant's minority the initial limitation period would not run. Synonyms youth, early years, early days, early life, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, pre-teens, prepubescence, adolescence, teens, teenage years, young adulthood, immaturity Phrases be (or find oneself) in a minority of one humorous Be the sole person to hold a particular view. once again, Britain is in a minority of one within the EC Example sentencesExamples I may be in a minority of one, but wonder whether it might not have been better to recognize that he is a reformed person, and rather than hound him to readily accept him back into the community. It is also true that, within the Government, let alone the Parliamentary Labour Party, he was in a minority of one in his support for top-up fees as the means by which to achieve that end. In this, as in other quarrels, Wilson found himself in a minority of one. ‘I'll be watching England's match against Sweden at a friend's house in the privacy of a small World Cup party and yes, obviously, I'll be in a minority of one,’ he tells me. As new entrants to the European Union happily join the single currency, Britain could easily be in a minority of one among 25. Last night there was relief in Downing Street that the prime minister right had not ultimately found himself in a minority of one. As a self-proclaimed ‘moderniser’, I used to think that I was in a minority of one as a Euro-sceptic. Lets put it this way, when Murali gets to 500 wickets, Warne will be in a minority of one in the list of most admired & gentlemen cricketers with 500 Test wickets. I have long been in a minority of one among my friends in preferring the Flat to National Hunt. Following the two recent by-elections in the Central and Western wards the Conservative administration is in a minority of one and could be outvoted if Labour and the Liberal Democrats do a deal. Origin Late 15th century (in sense 2): from French minorité or medieval Latin minoritas, from Latin minor 'smaller' (see minor). Rhymes authority, inferiority, juniority, majority, priority, seniority, sonority, sorority, superiority noun.1 phr. Definition of minority in US English: minority nounməˈnɔrədiməˈnôrədē 1The smaller number or part, especially a number that is less than half the whole number. 少数 as modifier a minority party 少数党。 harsher measures for the minority of really serious offenders 对少数违规十分严重者的更严厉措施。 Example sentencesExamples Perhaps because it got it from the founder of the state of Bulgaria, it is one of a minority of Sofia streets never to have been renamed. Nevertheless, even though it may only be a small minority of young people who are going off the rails, the report reveals much that is worrying. Today, only a minority of islands bother with cutting peats. It is an option only suited to a minority of tourists - independent travellers, prepared to rough it and able to speak Spanish. Throughout this period, there had always been a minority of rebels who challenged the rule of the clock. There is overwhelming evidence that the Holocaust was real, yet a minority of ideologically driven historians still deny it. The group is regarded as a fundamentalist organisation representing the views of the minority of Muslims. And for the minority of people who can't, having restricted licensing hours is highly unlikely to deter them. There would be only a tiny minority of Australians who would not support tough action being taken against terrorists. The minority of settlers that chose to defy the ultimatums knew that the government meant business. So it looks as if, for the foreseeable future, unfurnished properties will comprise a tiny minority of the private rented market. These laws are aimed at the minority of annoying customers and not at the lovely ones. Focusing on a minority of more profitable brands that are believed to have the greatest growth potential will actually help retailers. Operative repair is necessary for the minority of cases that don't respond to splinting. There would appear to be a whole range of compatibility issues with small programs that a minority of users have on their computer. Only a minority of organizing campaigns use such tactics effectively, she says. It is only in a minority of cases that the problem is stress-related. The A-level of old had a specific function: to test the minority of young people who would go on to higher education. How do we detect the minority of patients who really would be frightened? He claimed those allegedly involved represented a very small minority of the district's Asian community. 1.1 The number of votes cast for or by the smaller party in a legislative assembly. （议会）少数党得（或投）的票 a blocking minority of 23 votes 少数党阻碍（议案）的23票。 Example sentencesExamples The balance of voting in the Council of Ministers had, up to this point, meant that a 'blocking minority' of 23 votes was required. This means that a minority of just 26 votes can block a decision. 1.2 A relatively small group of people, especially one commonly discriminated against in a community, society, or nation, differing from others in race, religion, language, or political persuasion. 少数民族 as modifier minority rights representatives of ethnic minorities 少数民族代表。 Example sentencesExamples There are no real race or religion minorities, much less any clashes. Many Roma communities have been settled for centuries as established minorities within countries that still don't accept them. His hatred for minorities and communists comes out transparently. By the year 2010, 50 per cent of people living in London are going to be from the minority communities. The main Canadian minorities have better social conditions and benefit from a different pattern of government transfers to the poor. More than a third of the world's Muslim population live as minorities. Which brings us back to the Sikhs, who before this incident in Birmingham were the model of a law-abiding minority community. Equally important, we have to go address the growing minority populations in this country. Under what criteria is it acceptable for a political minority to take by force what it cannot win at the ballot box? This allowed minorities and ethnic communities to flourish here. It seems extraordinary that as liberals we now feel secure enough to impose our own orthodoxies on the dissenting minorities within our community. The minority community generally feel that the scales of justice are tilted widely against them. In the main, not all minorities are beleaguered and not all non-minorities are privileged. The day Hinduism becomes a minority religion in India, it will be no different from Pakistan. No wonder we never hear of any member of the minority community ever holding any position of importance in these countries. Most nations practice discrimination against foreigners and disfavor minorities within their countries. It wasn't even welfare reform, because that was popular with minorities. There were no Tamil or Muslim candidates representing the country's main ethnic and religious minorities. There are two main religious minorities which apply for asylum in the United Kingdom. Can there be true secularism and democracy in Kashmir without giving the Pandit minority a political space? 2The state or period of being under the age of full legal responsibility. 未成年，未及法定年龄；未成年身份 Example sentencesExamples Claims by children are not limited to those made during their minority; an adult child may seek an order. The context was exceptional, for royal authority was weakened by the minority of Louis XIV. During the claimant's minority the initial limitation period would not run. Synonyms youth, early years, early days, early life, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, pre-teens, prepubescence, adolescence, teens, teenage years, young adulthood, immaturity Phrases be (or find oneself) in a minority of one humorous Be the sole person to be in favor of or against something. 〈常幽默〉是孤家寡人；得不到任何支持 Example sentencesExamples I may be in a minority of one, but wonder whether it might not have been better to recognize that he is a reformed person, and rather than hound him to readily accept him back into the community. Last night there was relief in Downing Street that the prime minister right had not ultimately found himself in a minority of one. ‘I'll be watching England's match against Sweden at a friend's house in the privacy of a small World Cup party and yes, obviously, I'll be in a minority of one,’ he tells me. It is also true that, within the Government, let alone the Parliamentary Labour Party, he was in a minority of one in his support for top-up fees as the means by which to achieve that end. Following the two recent by-elections in the Central and Western wards the Conservative administration is in a minority of one and could be outvoted if Labour and the Liberal Democrats do a deal. As a self-proclaimed ‘moderniser’, I used to think that I was in a minority of one as a Euro-sceptic. I have long been in a minority of one among my friends in preferring the Flat to National Hunt. As new entrants to the European Union happily join the single currency, Britain could easily be in a minority of one among 25. Lets put it this way, when Murali gets to 500 wickets, Warne will be in a minority of one in the list of most admired & gentlemen cricketers with 500 Test wickets. In this, as in other quarrels, Wilson found himself in a minority of one. in the minority Belonging to or constituting the smaller group or number. 属少数派；占少数的 those who acknowledge his influence are certainly in the minority Example sentencesExamples You're also, however, running pretty puny databases and certainly in the minority. Pirates would have been my choice but I would have thought I was in the minority. There are poems which express a more conventional view of God, but they're certainly in the minority. While impact-related injuries certainly do occur, they are by far in the minority. While I'm definitely in the minority on this view, there is a small comfort to be had. But she is in the minority, according to new research from Alliance & Leicester. Personally, I'd rather see debt repayment but I think I'm in the minority there. More of my friends own stick shifts than not, so I've always felt in the minority. We are in the minority and the American people have assigned us a role to play. I am supporting the recommendations of the science committee and am currently in the minority. Origin Late 15th century (in minority (sense 2)): from French minorité or medieval Latin minoritas, from Latin minor ‘smaller’ (see minor). noun.1 phr.
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