minimum
- adjective
- /ˈmɪnɪməm/
- Our study provides evidence that minimum wage policies do not adversely affect health care access.
- minimum wage
- minimum wage policy
- minimum wage laws
Everything must be sourced and done at minimum cost humanly possible.
- Everything must be sourced and done at minimum cost humanly possible.
- And then the C goal is your minimum viable version.
- Yeah, of course to be the minimum size to get the job done.
- So that means that we have a minimum cost of, of building an upper stage.
- And my English was very like, minimum, just, yeah, minimum.
- Short means minimum, right, minimum, minimum height, whatever.
- Stop making the word be your minimum addressable unit.
- This is a show that needs to run minimum five years.
- Like I'm some bare minimum type of bitch and I'm not.
- Like he uses the minimal minimum amount of words in his voice over.
- He's just kind of the minimum viable standard guy.
Examples
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Also, a Bachelor's degree is the minimum qualification in addition to some educational experience and courses.
Academic text (2011) -
OK, well, what are the minimum steps required to do it?
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One course, something like a minimum of one course per great book.
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This is a show that needs to run minimum five years.
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You can coast through life by just meeting the minimum standards of performance.
Fiction book (1992) -
So what would be the absolute minimum in this case?
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The "no child left behind" act would now hold states accountable for not having students who met minimum education requirements.
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Margaret was making only minimum wage, a fact her father repeatedly brought up.
Fiction book (1999) -
The instructions state that you must complete aminimum of two assignments to pass the course.
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To qualify for the competition, participants need to have aminimum age of 18.
Synonyms
The smallest amount or value that is allowed
A very small amount or something of low importance
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures over time
- Specialized
A tiny glossy black ant that nests outside and sometimes enters houses for food
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Minimum comes from the Latin word minimus, which means 'smallest' and is related to words like mini and minor. So when something is minimum, it is the least or smallest possible.