minimum
The lowest limitThe lowest limit.
» We have to reduce the cost to a minimum.
Wir müssen die Kosten auf ein Minimum reduzieren.
Мы должны снизить затраты до минимума.
Мы должны свести расходы к минимуму.
Ми повинні зменшити затрати до мінімального рівня.
Meaning
5 sensesThe lowest limit.
We prefer candidates with a minimum of 4 years experience in the field.
We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all times.
Minimum, Mindestmaß
ми́нимумmínimum
The smallest amount.
He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.
Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock
the smallest possible quantity
A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
The Maunder minimum of the Sun reportedly corresponded to a period of great cold on Earth.
A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
Examples
212 sentencesWe have to reduce the cost to a minimum.
Ми повинні зменшити затрати до мінімального рівня. — deniko
ruМы должны снизить затраты до минимума. — Lenin_1917
deWir müssen die Kosten auf ein Minimum reduzieren. — Peanutfan
Tom makes minimum wage.
Том отримує мінімальну зарплатню. — deniko
They're now making minimum wage.
Зараз вони отримують мінімальну зарплатню. — deniko
Would you work for minimum wage?
What's the minimum wage in Australia?
Яка мінімальна зарплатня в Австралії? — deniko
ruКакая в Австралии минимальная зарплата? — Selena777
deWas ist in Australien der Mindestlohn? — raggione
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”).Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”).
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Forms
plural: minima / minimumsSynonyms
1 synonyms- the smallest possible quantity:lower limit
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
Collocations
5 patterns- minimum wage
- the minimum wage
- for minimum wage
- raising the minimum
- working for minimum