minimum age

collocation in English

meaningsofminimumandage

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minimum
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məm/us
/ˈmɪn.ə.məm/
used to describe something that is the smallest or least allowed ...
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age
noun
uk
/eɪdʒ/us
/eɪdʒ/
the period of time someone has been alive or something ...
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(Definition ofminimumandagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofminimum age

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Theminimumageof sedimentation is uncertain.
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This was theminimumagefor leaving school at the time. 22.
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The new law also stated aminimumageof 18, for boys, and 14, for girls.
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This is mainly the effect of the tightening of the rules onminimumagerequirements.
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These dates represent aminimumageand probably reflect the age of tectonism.
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The arbitrariness of aminimumagefor drinking is defended on the grounds of ineliminability.
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We mentioned that states differ very much in theminimumageof criminal responsibility.
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This should result in defining aminimumagerange for the hinterland continental crust.
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This is substantially lower than theminimumageof 60 among those who retire early under the current system.
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The lower end of the age range selected is also beyond theminimumageat leaving school in this country.
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However, theminimumagefor being included in the labor force in the census for 1986 is only six.
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Estimated rates per generation are obtained by multiplying these numbers by theminimumageat first reproduction.
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What is theminimumage?
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Theminimumagefor candidature was unchanged.
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What would theminimumagebe?
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There is nominimumageof eligibility.
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There is no statutoryminimumagelimit.
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By 1600, theminimumagelimits of marital eligibility may have been higher and generally more uniform than they had been in the fifteenth century.
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Consequently, an individual who becomes a fisherman at say 19, which was theminimumagein the sample, could commit to fishing for many years.
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Theminimumageis stated to be 17½.
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I believe that theminimumageis 17 or 18.
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Theminimumageis to be raised to 16 years.
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