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# minibus

noun (a minibus, minibuses)

«minibus» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A small bus that carries about 8 to 16 passengers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used for school trips, sports teams, airport transfers and community transport, especially in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand (US: «van» or «shuttle bus»). Common in maths: how many minibuses are needed for a class. Phrases: «by minibus», «the school minibus», «a minibus driver».

### Examples

- The football team went to the match in the school minibus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x1)
- A minibus holds 15 children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x2)
- We need 3 minibuses for 40 pupils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x3)
- The minibus picked us up from the airport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x4)
- Our teacher drove the minibus to the museum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x5)
- Everyone must wear a seat belt on the minibus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x6)

### Note

Countable; plural «minibuses» (one «s» before «-es»). In maths: number of minibuses = pupils ÷ seats per minibus, rounded UP if there is a remainder (40 ÷ 15 = 2 remainder 10, so 3 minibuses).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «minibus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«minibus» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/minibus.html) on Mova free.