minority
noun [S] (SMALL PART) /maɪˈnɒr.ɪ.ti/
/-ˈnɑːr.ə.t̬i/ Definition
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B2 a smaller number or part: It's only a tiny minority of people who are causing the problem. Children with single parents at my school were very much in the minority (= there were very few). This section of the bookstore caters for minority interests (= subjects that interest only a few people). → Opposite majorityMaximum and minimum
(Definition of minority noun (SMALL PART) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (at) full stretch idiom
- -most suffix
- at least idiom
- bare adjective (BASIC)
- ceiling noun (LIMIT)
- credit limit noun
- critical mass noun
- full adjective (GREATEST POSSIBLE)
- majority noun (NUMBER)
- mass noun (LARGE AMOUNT)
- max adjective
- max noun
- maximal adjective
- maximum adjective
- minimum adjective
- minimum adverb
- minimum noun
- most determiner, pronoun, adverb
- outside adjective, adverb, preposition
- the full monty noun
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