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Meaning of "minor suit" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MINOR SUIT

minor suit play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINOR SUIT

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Minor suit is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MINOR SUIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Minor suit

In contract bridge the minor suits are diamonds and clubs. They are given that name because contracts made in those suits score less than contracts made in the major suits, and they rank lower in bidding. In particular, one can make game with a bid of 4 in a major suit, while a bid of 5 is required in a minor. Of the two minor suits, diamonds rank higher than clubs...

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINOR SUIT

minor arcana
minor axis
minor canon
minor key
minor league
minor mode
minor orders
minor planet
minor premise
Minor Prophets
minor seventh
minor seventh chord
minor term
Minorca
Minorcan
minoritaire
Minorite
minorities
minority
minority carrier

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINOR SUIT

bathing suit
birthday suit
business suit
diving suit
dress suit
follow suit
jogging suit
jump suit
leisure suit
long suit
lounge suit
major suit
sailor suit
strong suit
suit
sweat suit
swimming suit
three-piece suit
trouser suit
union suit
zoot suit

Synonyms and antonyms of minor suit in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «minor suit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINOR SUIT

Find out the translation of minor suit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of minor suit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «minor suit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

未成年人诉讼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

palo menor
570 millions of speakers

English

minor suit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाबालिग सूट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دعوى الطفيفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

незначительные костюм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

menor terno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোট মামলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

costume mineur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saman kecil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unterfarbe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マイナースーツ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사소한 소송
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sandhangan cilik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phù hợp với trẻ vị thành niên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறு வழக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

किरकोळ खटला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük takım elbisesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vestito minore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drobne garnitur
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незначні костюм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

costum minor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικρές κοστούμι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klein pak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

moll kostym
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mindre farge
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINOR SUIT»

The term «minor suit» is used very little and occupies the 157.372 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about minor suit

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINOR SUIT»

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Bridge
This is definitely not true for a minor suit opening by your partner. Why? 1. When your partner opens in a major suit, she's promising at least five cards in that suit. So if you have three, you have the desired eight-card fit. 2. When your partner ...
H. Anthony Medley, 1997
2
Enjoy Beginning Bridge: How to Enjoy Learning Beginning Bridge
Accordingly, with a 4-card or longer minor suit and 1 1+VPs the guidance is to respond in a minor suit at the 2-level. Since Diamonds are the ranking and longer minor suit, the guidance is to respond in 2-diamonds, requiring 8 tricks. Since the  ...
The Recent Beginner, 2009
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Wait-A-Minute Bridge
There is a guaranteed minimum 8-card fit in diamonds, and around enough points for slam. Responder will have enough information to set the proper contract, probably at six of the minor or 6NT. If opener bids a minor suit in which responder ...
David Stevens, 2010
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2/1 Game Force a Modern Approach: With New Chapters on ...
Minor Suit Stayman This convention, devised by Oswald Jacoby, is used by the responder when partner has opened the bidding with 1NT. It is used when partner has a long minor suit and, generally, very little values or very strong values ...
Neil H. Timm Ph. D., Neil H. Timm, Ph. D., 2012
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Foster on Auction: A Complete Exposition of the Latest ...
... length 5 Minor-suit bids are one trick only 8 Minor-suit bids of two tricks, for no- trumps 9 Minor-suit bids of two, to force partner's bid 10 Minor-suit bids of three or four 6 Minor-suit bids of five, to go game 11, 13 Minor-suit bids show assistance ...
Robert Frederick Foster, 1918
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Introductory Duplicate Bridge
When you use forcing minor suit raises you should reverse the meaning of bids at the 2 and 3 level when you show support. This will preserve bidding space when you are invitational+. This is the case when your partnership is most likely to ...
Anders Hansson, 2013
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2/1 Game Force a Modern Approach - Third Edition: With New ...
It is used when partner has a long minor suit and, generally, very little values or very strong values indicating a strong interest in a possible slam contract in a minor suit. The minor Suit Stayman convention is applied as follows. Even with an ...
Neil H. Timm, Ph. D., 2012
8
Precision Simplified: For 2/1 Game Force Players
In the 2/1 Game Force System, it is similar to having partner open 1NT (14/15-17) and using minor suit transfers with super accepts. Opener may bid 2NT* which asks partner to bid his long minor suit. Opener will usually sign-off in 3NT with ...
Neil H. Timm (Ph. D.), Neil H. Timm, 2011
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2/1 Game Force a Modern Approach: For Beginning and ...
Minor suit Dummy Points With a minor suit opening (one club or one diamond), the reevaluation process is considerably different. When partner opens in a minor suit, you do not know if the length of the suit is 5+, 4, or 3. Furthermore, game in ...
Neil H. Timm, Ph. D. Neil H. Timm, 2010
10
Bridge - The Beginner's Guide: Lean to play bridge in 14 ...
If the raise is in a minor suit, it requires + 5-card support (because the opener may have only 3 cards in that minor, refer to Section 3.3) and it denies a biddable 4-card major suit. = preemptive (weak) bid, minimum 5-card support in the major,  ...
Dan Berkley, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINOR SUIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term minor suit is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Unusual Two No Trumps and Michaels, Chalk Talk
When you partner uses Michaels and you do not have 3 of her major, a response of 2NT asks partner to bid their minor suit holding. «www.parrysound.com, Jul 15»
2
The Bridge Column: Getting slammed by one's own partner
This was duly pummeled when the minor suit Aces were cashed by the opponents and North could do nothing but grin weakly at his partner ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jul 15»
3
Hand with tension to rival a Hollywood movie
... (note that if South held KQJ10 of Hearts there is a thirteenth trick as he has no good card to throw on the last of the minor suit winners!). «Royal Gazette, Jul 15»
4
Bridge Corner: June 11, 2015
Bid your longest minor suit. If you have 4 Clubs and 4 Diamonds, open. 1 Diamond. If you have 3 Diamonds and 3 Clubs, open 1 Club. 1. «Thenewjournalandguide, Jun 15»
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Bridge quiz answers for April 20
A shaky stopper in the opponent's minor suit is acceptable. Q 2 • Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♤A J 7 4 ♥A J 8 ♢8 2 ♧A 8 3 2. «STLtoday.com, Apr 15»
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Answering When Opportunity Knocks
Most expert pairs use that cue-bid to show a solid minor suit, in principle stoppers in the other two unbid suits and asking partner to bid three ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
7
Selecting USA-1 Bridge Team for the Next Bermuda Bowl
And when South reached seven spades, he did not know West's minor suit. So he understandably ruffed a couple of diamonds in the dummy ... «New York Times, May 14»
8
Friday A/X Pairs at Edgar Kaplan Winter Regional
With the diamond finesse working, North-South could have won 12 tricks in either minor suit. However, unsurprisingly, no one climbed that high ... «New York Times, Jan 14»
9
Airstrikes and Organs
If Marchand had not fled he might have demonstrated his own pedal skill, as in the opening number of his D minor suit; with its double pedal the ... «CounterPunch, Sep 13»
10
Justice Delayed?
Plaintiffs Seek Removal of Diaz in Minor Suit · DOJ Scrutinizing State Mental Health · Miss. Wants Suit Against Entergy in State Court · Judge ... «Jackson Free Press, Jul 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Minor suit [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/minor-suit>. May 2024 ».
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