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minimum B2

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adjectiveYou use minimum to describe an amount which is the smallest that is possible, allowed, or required .He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman....a rise in the minimum wage.This will take a minimum of one hour.Four foot should be seen as an absolute minimum.You use minimum to state how small an amount is.The basic needs of life are available with minimum effort.Neil and Chris try to spend the minimum amount of time on the garden.With a minimum of fuss, she produced the grandson he had so desperately wished for.adverbIf you say that something is a particular amount minimum, you mean that this is the smallest amount it should be or could possibly be, although a larger amount is acceptable or very possible.You're talking over a thousand pounds minimum for one course.

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definition	adjective You use minimum to describe an amount which is the smallest that is possible, allowed, or required . He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman. ...a rise in the minimum wage. This will take a minimum of one hour. Four foot should be seen as an absolute minimum. You use minimum to state how small an amount is. The basic needs of life are available with minimum effort. Neil and Chris try to spend the minimum amount of time on the garden. With a minimum of fuss, she produced the grandson he had so desperately wished for. adverb If you say that something is a particular amount minimum, you mean that this is the smallest amount it should be or could possibly be, although a larger amount is acceptable or very possible. You're talking over a thousand pounds minimum for one course.
cefr-level	B2

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