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minimum

minimum

1.0
As small in amount or degree as is allowed
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɪnɪməm/
translation icon : mínimo
  • 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.

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Examples

  • 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?

  • One course, something like a minimum of one course per great book.

  • This is a show that needs to run minimum five years.

  • 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?

  • The "no child left behind" act would now hold states accountable for not having students who met minimum education requirements.

  • 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.

  • To qualify for the competition, participants need to have aminimum age of 18.

Synonyms

lower limit
vsminimum
  • Specialized
1 3.5

The smallest amount or value that is allowed

is the general term for the smallest possible or permitted amount
least
vsminimum
1 1.0

A very small amount or something of low importance

focuses only on size or quantity, not importance or rank

Antonyms

95 2.1

The greatest amount allowed or possible

Compounds

846 2.4

The least money employers can pay workers by law or contract for their work

A thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures over time

Monomorium minimum
  • Specialized
9.9

A tiny glossy black ant that nests outside and sometimes enters houses for food

How Small

none
1.0
trace
492 3.3
minimum
1.0

Surface Forms

minimum positive

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.