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Minor - translation, pronunciation and examples

minor
/ˈmaɪnə/

minor

🇺🇸 American English
/ˈmaɪnɚ/
🇬🇧 British English
/ˈmaɪnə/
🇷🇺 Russian
[dɐpəlnʲɪˈtʲelʲnəjə spʲɪtsɨəlʲɪˈzat͡sijə]
Meaning of minor

secondary specialization

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When to use minor

minor in Spanish while

Его дополнительная специализация — испанский; основная специальность — инженерия.

minor to learn a

Многие студенты берут дополнительную специализацию, чтобы освоить новый навык.

minor usage examples

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Его дополнительная специализация — испанский; основная специальность — инженерия.

He has a minor in Spanish while studying engineering.

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Многие студенты берут дополнительную специализацию, чтобы освоить новый навык.

Many students take a minor to learn a new skill.

Similar words

minor

standard term for a secondary subject or secondary course of study, especially in US universities

specialization

a focused area of study or professional expertise; can be primary or secondary

concentration

an organized set of courses within a major or program; US usage often overlaps with 'minor' or 'specialization'

specialty

a field of expertise or professional focus; in academic contexts can mean area of study but broader

field of study

a broad term for an academic discipline or area being studied

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🇬🇧English
minor

standard term for a secondary subject or secondary course of study, especially in US universities

B2Very Often

She chose biology as her minor while majoring in chemistry.

Она выбрала биологию в качестве minor (дополнительной специализации), одновременно изучая химию как major.

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🇬🇧English
specialization

a focused area of study or professional expertise; can be primary or secondary

B2Often

She pursued a specialization in environmental policy during her degree.

Она получила specialization (специализацию) по экологической политике во время учёбы.

🇬🇧English

an organized set of courses within a major or program; US usage often overlaps with 'minor' or 'specialization'

B2Often

He declared a concentration in data analytics alongside his economics major.

Он выбрал concentration (направление) по анализу данных наряду с основной специальностью — экономикой.

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specialty

a field of expertise or professional focus; in academic contexts can mean area of study but broader

B2Often

Her specialty is pediatric nursing, which she studied after finishing her degree.

Её specialty (профиль) — педиатрическая сестринская практика, которой она стала заниматься после учёбы.

🇬🇧English

a broad term for an academic discipline or area being studied

B2Very Often

Her field of study is sociology, and she supplemented it with courses in statistics.

Её field of study (область изучения) — социология; она дополнительно брала курсы по статистике.

🇬🇧English

a general emphasis or area of concentration within study; less formal than 'minor'

B2Often

Her academic focus is European history, although she doesn't have an official minor in it.

Её academic focus (основной интерес в учёбе) — европейская история, хотя официального minor у неё по этой теме нет.

🇬🇧English

a defined path of courses within a degree program (e.g., honors track, research track); can overlap with minors or concentrations

B2Often

She’s on the pre-med track while also completing a minor in Spanish.

Она выбрала pre-med track (путь подготовки к медшколе) и одновременно завершает minor по испанскому языку.

🇬🇧English

a course of study or degree pathway; broader than 'minor' and can contain majors, minors, concentrations

B2Very Often

The university offers a humanities program that includes optional minors in several subjects.

Университет предлагает программу (program) по гуманитарным наукам, в которой предусмотрены опционные minor по нескольким предметам.

🇬🇧English

a general expression for the subject or discipline a student studies; broader than 'minor'

B2Often

Her area of study is international relations; she picked a minor in economics.

Её area of study (область изучения) — международные отношения; она выбрала дополнительную специализацию по экономике.

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How to pronounce minor and what this word means

minor translation: дополнительная специализация. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce minor

/ˈmaɪnə/

minor translation

дополнительная специализация

minor examples

He has a minor in Spanish while studying engineering.

minor transcription

/ˈmaɪnə/, /ˈmaɪnɚ/

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minor meaning: what does it mean?

secondary specialization

minor pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

minor is pronounced as /ˈmaɪnə/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

minor definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

He has a minor in Spanish while studying engineering. Translation: Его дополнительная специализация — испанский; основная специальность — инженерия.

Is minor part of Subjects vocabulary?

Yes, minor (дополнительная специализация) can be learned in the Subjects topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.

Is minor part of Study and Work vocabulary?

Yes, minor (дополнительная специализация) can be learned in the Study and Work topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.

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