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# minimum

noun (a minimum, minimums or minima); adjective

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

## Everyday

1. The smallest amount, number or level possible or allowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minimum/#m1)
2. (adjective) Being the smallest possible or allowed: "the minimum age". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minimum/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths: the minimum is the lowest value in a set; "at least" means the minimum. In safety: minimum age, minimum height for a ride. Phrases: at a minimum, keep to a minimum, bare minimum, minimum wage.

### Examples

- The minimum temperature last night was 2 °C. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minimum/#x1)
- You must be a minimum of 120 cm tall for this ride. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minimum/#x2)
- Keep noise to a minimum in the library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minimum/#x3)
- Find the minimum value in the list: 7, 3, 9, 5. It is 3. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minimum/#x4)
- He did the bare minimum of homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minimum/#x5)
- The minimum number of players is four. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minimum/#x6)

### Note

Plural: minimums (everyday) or minima (science). Short form: min. Opposite: maximum. Maths: "a minimum of 5" means 5 or more (≥ 5). In statistics, range = maximum − minimum.

## On Mova

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