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What is the minimum age for leaving school in your country? —ANTONYM maximum

min • i • mum wage / штэшэш 'weid3 /

noun [ singular ]

the lowest amount of money that you can legally be paid for an hour of work

He works in a gas station earning minimum wage.

min • i • skirt / ' mmiskэrt / noun [ count ]

a very short skirt

min • is • ter / ' mmэstэr / noun [ count ]

( religion ) a religious leader in some Christian churches

( politics ) one of the most important people in the government in some countries

the Minister of Education

min • is • tryAWL / ' mimstri / noun [ count ] ( plural min • is • tries )

( politics ) (in some countries) a part of the government that controls one special thing the Ministry of Finance

mi • nor 1 AWL / ' mamgr / adjective

not very big or important

Don't worry — it's only a minor problem.

a minor road —ANTONYM major

mi • nor2AWL / ' mai^r / noun [ count ]

a person who is not old enough to do something legally She was arrested for selling alcohol to minors.

a subject that you study in college, but not as your main subject

Matthew majored in history, with a minor in Italian. —Look at major 2 ( 1 ).

mi • nor 3 AWL / ' main8r / verb ( mi • nors , mi nor • ing , mi • nored )

minor in something to study something in college, but not as your main subject

Maggie majored in economics and minored in psychology. —Look at major 3 .

mi • nor • i • ty AWL| / шэ 'noreti / noun ( plural mi nor • i ties )

[ singular ] the smaller part of a group Only a minority of the students speak English.

—ANTONYM majority

[ count ] a small group of people who are of a different race or religion from most of the people where they live ethnic minorities

mi • nor league / ^тэг ' iig / noun [ count ]

( sports ) the groups of baseball teams that do not play at the highest level

He played in the minor league for three years. — Look at major league .

mint / mint / noun

[ noncount ] a small plant with a strong fresh taste and smell, which you put in food and drinks

mint tea

[ count ] a candy made from this plant Would you like a mint?

mi • nus 1 / ' main8s / preposition

( math ) less; when you take away Six minus two is four (6 - 2 = 4) .

—ANTONYM plus

below zero

The temperature will fall to minus ten degrees. mi • nus 2 / ' main8s / adjective

( math ) lower than zero a minus number

(used after a letter grade on students' work) a little lower than

I got an A minus (= A- ) on the test. —ANTONYM plus

mi • nus3 / ' mai^s / noun [ count ] ( plural mi .nus • es )

( also mi . nus sign / ' mai^s sain / ) ( math ) the symbol ( - ), which is used to show that a number is below zero or that you should take the second number away from the first

a disadvantage

Let's consider the pluses and minuses of moving out of the city.

^ANTONYM plus

mi .nute 1©/'minst/ломя [count]

( abbreviation min. ) a measure of time. There are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour

It's nine minutes after six. The train leaves in ten minutes .

a short time

Just a minute — I'll get my coat.

Do you have a minute? I'd like to talk to you.

—SYNONYM moment

in a minute

very soon

I'll be ready in a minute. the minute

as soon as

Call me the minute you arrive.

mi • nute2 / mai ' nut / adjective

very small

I can't read his writing — it's minute. —SYNONYM tiny

mir • a • cle / ' mirskl/ noun [ count ]

a wonderful and surprising thing that happens and that you cannot explain

It's a miracle that he wasn't killed.