minimum
Syllables: min·i·mumUK/ˈmɪnɪməm//ˈmɪnəməm/
minimum noun: the lowest limit.
Noun
minimum (plural minima or minimums)
- 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.
- The smallest amount.
- He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.
- Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock
- 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.
- A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
- The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.
Adjective
minimum (not comparable)
- To the lowest degree.
- Synonyms:
- minimal
minimum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
minimum in Hindi
- lowest limit
- न्यूनतम nyūntam, सबसे कम sabse kam
- lowest degree
- न्यूनतम nyūntam
minimum in Tamil
- சிறுமம், மிகக்குறைந்த அளவு, குறைந்தளவு, குறைந்த பட்சம்
minimum in Marathi
- lowest degree
- कमीत कमी kamīt kamī, किमान kimān
minimum in Urdu
- کم ترین
More languagesFewer languages
- minimum in Bengali
- ন্যূনতম nunotomo
- minimum in Telugu
- కనిష్టం kaniṣṭaṁ
- minimum in Malayalam
- നിമ്നം, നിമ്നതമം, അവശ്യമായ, കുറഞ്ഞസംഖ്യ
- minimum in Kannada
- ಕನಿಷ್ಠ, ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಕಡಿಮೆಯ, ಮೊಕ್ಕಳ ಕಡಿಮೆ
- minimum in Gujarati
- લઘુતમ laghutam
- minimum in Odia
- ସର୍ବନିମ୍ନ
- minimum in Nepali
- न्यूनतम, न्युनतम
- minimum in Tagalog
- kubdulan, kubdulin
- minimum in Persian
- حداقل hadd-e-aqall, مینیمم minimom, کمش kamaš, کمینه kamine
- minimum in Thai
- ขั้นต่ำ kân-dtàm
- minimum in Vietnamese
- tối thiểu
Examples of minimum in a sentence
- You should brush your teeth on a daily basis at minimum.
- Workers in the American service industry usually depend on tips to even make minimum wage.
- It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
Synonyms of minimum
Antonyms
Forms of minimum
| plural | minima |
|---|---|
| plural | minimums |
Origin of minimum
Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”).
Words formed from minimum
- minimum wage
- alternative minimum tax
- at a minimum
- at minimum
- at the minimum
- bare minimum Monday
- maximin
- minac
- minarchism
- minarchy
- minheap
- minimax
- minimum connecting time
- minimum contacts
- minimum cut
- minimum descent altitude
- minimum inhibitory concentration
- minimum minimorum
- minimum naturale
- minimum sector altitude
- minimum security
- minimum-security
- minimum seek time
- minimum skills
- minimum spanning tree
- minimum viable product
- minimumweight
- nonminimum
- subminimum
Phrases with minimum
- bare minimum
- minimum cuts
- local minimum
- minimum wages
- moral minimum
- solar minimum
- global minimum
- Maunder minimum
- minimum seek times
- Bare Minimum Mondays
- minimum spanning trees
- minimum viable products
4 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about minimum
- What does minimum mean?
- Minimum means the lowest limit.
- What is minimum in Hindi?
- Minimum in Hindi is न्यूनतम (nyūntam), सबसे कम (sabse kam). See Minimum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is minimum?
- Minimum can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce minimum?
- Minimum is pronounced /ˈmɪnɪməm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of minimum?
- The plural of minimum is minima.
Words near minimum in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: minimum (page history and authors); minimum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); minimum (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ন্যূনতম (Bengali) (page history and authors); minimum (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); minimum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); લઘુતમ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); minimum (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minimum (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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