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1 ♦ minor
♦ minor /ˈmaɪnə(r)/A a.1 minore; più piccolo; di second'ordine; meno importante; non grave; leggero; lieve: (astron.) the minor planets, i pianeti minori; a minor poet, un poeta minore; (med.) a minor operation, un'operazione non grave; un piccolo intervento; a minor problem, un piccolo problema; un problemino; a minor illness, una malattia lieve; minor damage, danno lieve; (leg.) minor offence, reato minore3 (leg.) minorenne4 (mus.) minore: minor key [interval, scale], chiave [intervallo, scala] minore; prelude in C minor, preludio in do minore5 ( un tempo, nelle scuole ingl.; posposto al cognome) il minore ( di due studenti con lo stesso cognome, fratelli o no): Brown minor, il minore dei due BrownB n.1 (leg.) minorenne; minore2 (relig.) frate minore; minorita3 (filos.) (la) minore; premessa minore4 ( all'università: in USA, Canada, Austral. e NZ) disciplina scelta come seconda materia ( in un corso di laurea)● (relig. anglicana) minor canon, canonico che non fa parte del capitolo □ (fig.) in a minor key, in tono minore. -
2 ♦ illness
♦ illness /ˈɪlnəs/n.malattia; indisposizione; infermità; malanno: a minor illness, una malattia lieve; a serious illness, una malattia grave. -
3 ailment
['eɪlmənt]nome indisposizione f., disturbo m., malanno m.* * *noun (an illness, usually not serious or dangerous: Children often have minor ailments.) indisposizione, malattia non grave* * *ailment /ˈeɪlmənt/n.(med.) indisposizione; disturbo.* * *['eɪlmənt]nome indisposizione f., disturbo m., malanno m. -
4 treat ****
[triːt]1. n(pleasure) piacere m, (present) sorpresa, sorpresinait was a treat — mi (or ci etc) ha fatto veramente piacere
as a birthday treat they took me to the theatre — come regalo di compleanno mi hanno portato a teatro
2. vt1) (gen) Tech trattare2) (consider) considerarewe treat all applications in the order in which we receive them — prendiamo in considerazione le domande nell'ordine in cui ci arrivano
3)(give, buy for sb)
to treat sb to sth — offrire qc a qn4) (patient, illness) curarehe was treated with antibiotics/for bronchitis — è stato sottoposto a un trattamento di antibiotici/per la bronchite
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illness — ill|ness W3S2 [ˈılnıs] n [U and C] a disease of the body or mind, or the condition of being ill ▪ She had all the normal childhood illnesses . ▪ I d been told I d been suffering from various illnesses . ▪ Her mother was just recovering from an… … Dictionary of contemporary English
illness — / Ilnis/ noun (C, U) a disease of the body or mind: She had all the normal childhood illnesses. | mental illness | serious illness: an insurance policy that guarantees an income in the event of serious illness | minor illness (=one that is not… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
illness */*/*/ — UK [ˈɪlnəs] / US noun Word forms illness : singular illness plural illnesses Other ways of saying illness: disease a serious illness that usually lasts a long time, often one that affects a particular part of the body: tropical diseases ♦ She has … English dictionary
illness*/*/*/ — [ˈɪlnəs] noun 1) [U] the state of feeling ill or having a disease He missed five days of school because of illness.[/ex] 2) [C] a particular disease, or a period of being ill a serious illness[/ex] • Other ways of saying illness ■ bug (informal)… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
minor — I. adjective Etymology: Latin, smaller, inferior; akin to Old High German minniro smaller, Latin minuere to lessen Date: 1526 1. inferior in importance, size, or degree ; comparatively unimportant 2. not having reached majority 3. a. having half… … New Collegiate Dictionary
minor — [[t]ma͟ɪnə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ minors, minoring, minored 1) ADJ GRADED You use minor when you want to describe something that is less important, serious, or significant than other things in a group or situation. She is known in Italy for a number of… … English dictionary
minor — 1 adjective 1 small and not very important or serious, especially when compared with other things: We have made some minor changes to the program. | an issue of minor importance | minor illness/operation/injury (=one that is not very serious or… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Minor — A minor is someone who is not yet an adult and, in a larger sense, it is something that is less than something else. For example, the teres minor muscle is smaller than the teres major muscle. In anatomy, wherever there is a minor, there is also… … Medical dictionary
illness — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly, fatal, incurable, terminal ▪ catastrophic (AmE, law), critical, dangerous, debilitating, devastating … Collocations dictionary
minor — mi|nor1 W2S2 [ˈmaınə US ər] adj [Date: 1200 1300; : Latin; Origin: smaller ] 1.) small and not very important or serious, especially when compared with other things ≠ ↑major ▪ We have made some minor changes to the program. ▪ a relatively minor… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Minor Humans in Shannara — This article is about minor humans that appear in one or more of Terry Brooks epic fantasy[1] Shannara novels. Contents 1 Minor Humans in The First King of Shannara 1.1 Urprox Screl … Wikipedia
