Meaning

5 senses
  1. The 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

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

  5. The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

Examples

212 sentences
  1. We 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

  2. Tom makes minimum wage.

    Том отримує мінімальну зарплатню. — deniko

  3. They're now making minimum wage.

    Зараз вони отримують мінімальну зарплатню. — deniko

  4. Would you work for minimum wage?

  5. 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

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
lowest limit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
lowest limit:

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 / minimums
Singularminimum
Pluralminima / minimums

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

19 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • minimum wage
  • the minimum wage
  • for minimum wage
  • raising the minimum
  • working for minimum

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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