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Meaning of "minibus" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MINIBUS

minibus  [ˈmɪnɪˌbʌs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINIBUS

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Minibus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MINIBUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

minibus

Minibus

A minibus or minicoach is a passenger carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan, but fewer people than a full-size bus. In the United Kingdom, the word "minibus" is used to describe any full-sized passenger carrying van. Minibuses have a seating capacity of between 8 and 30 seats. Larger minibuses may be called midibuses. Minibuses are typically front-engined step-entrance vehicles, although low floor minibuses do exist.

Definition of minibus in the English dictionary

The definition of minibus in the dictionary is a small bus able to carry approximately ten passengers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MINIBUS


aerobus
ˈɛərəʊˌbʌs
Airbus
ˈɛəˌbʌs
autobus
ˈɔːtəʊˌbʌs
battlebus
ˈbætəlˌbʌs
blunderbuss
ˈblʌndəˌbʌs
helibus
ˈhelɪˌbʌs
microbus
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌbʌs
motorbus
ˈməʊtəˌbʌs
omnibus
ˈɒmnɪˌbʌs
playbus
ˈpleɪˌbʌs
postbus
ˈpəʊstˌbʌs
railbus
ˈreɪlˌbʌs
trolleybus
ˈtrɒlɪˌbʌs
waterbus
ˈwɔːtərˌbʌs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINIBUS

miniaturisation
miniaturise
miniaturist
miniaturistic
miniaturization
miniaturize
minibar
minibike
minibiker
minibudget
minibusses
minicab
minicabbing
minicalculator
minicam
minicamp
minicar
minicassette
minicom
minicomputer

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINIBUS

Arbus
ceteris paribus
circumbendibus
colobus
Columbus
Cottbus
fidibus
gibus
globus
incubus
jacobus
Knights of Columbus
miss the bus
morbus
nimbus
rebus
school bus
shuttle bus
succubus
syllabus

Synonyms and antonyms of minibus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «minibus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINIBUS

Find out the translation of minibus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of minibus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «minibus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

小巴士
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

microbús
570 millions of speakers

English

minibus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छोटा बस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ميني باص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

микроавтобус
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

microônibus
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিনিবাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

minibus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Minibus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kleinbus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マイクロバス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미니 버스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Minibus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xe buýt nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மினிபஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिनीबस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

minibüs
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

minibus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mikrobus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мікроавтобус
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

microbuz
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μίνι-μπας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

minibus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

minibuss
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

minibuss
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of minibus

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINIBUS»

The term «minibus» is very widely used and occupies the 20.181 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MINIBUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about minibus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINIBUS»

Discover the use of minibus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to minibus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Camping out with your van or minibus
A complete guide on what-to-take when van camping in every country in the world accompanied with fact sheets listing important information on every nation.
Harry Coleman, 1983
2
Fourth interim report on the violence in the taxi and ...
Fourth interim report to the Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation from the committee established to enquire into public violence and intimidation in the taxi and minibus industry.
South Africa. Commission of Inquiry Regarding the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation, Richard Goldstone, D. J. Rossouw, 1993
3
Death Rode A Minibus
They chased other leads, culled from the suspect's high school friends, his live-in girlfriend Stella Tawari and an alcoholic street bum who washed Basdeo's minibus at the Hadfield Street taxi park in Georgetown. When all efforts did not ...
Ronald S. Seales, 2014
4
Armenia
... with the longest journeys, such as Yerevan to Gyumri and Gyumri to Ayrum, costing AMD950. Tickets are bought at stations and are KILIKIA CENTRAL BUS STATION (6 Admiral Isakov Av; % +374 10565370) Armavir (minibus) 07.30– 21.30, ...
Nicholas Holding, 2011
5
Unconventional and Community Transport in the United Kingdom
Chapter 5 URBAN PSV MINIBUSES 5.1 THE 'MINIBUS REVOLUTION' Other UCMs in this book have been based on small capacity public service vehicles, e.g. dial-a- rides, postbuses and community buses , but in these cases their ...
Stephen D. Nutley, 1990
6
Frommer's Budapest & the Best of Hungary
1 Orientation ARRIVING BY PLANE The easiest way into the city is probably the Airport Minibus (& 1/296-8555; fax 1/296-8993), a public service of the LRI ( Budapest Airport Authority). The minibus, which leaves every 10 or 15 minutes ...
Christina Shea, Joseph S. Lieber, Erzsébet Barát, 2004
7
The Marvellous Minibus
Jack imagines he is driving a minibus that takes his gran and the Golden Years gardening club on a trip .
Jenny Alexander, 2010
8
Kenya
53 Obok belonged to Kamjesh, the dominant gang controlling many of the minibus routes. Kamjesh's returns from this business attracted envy from Mungiki members, who from 1998 attempted to seize control of the protection rackets from  ...
Daniel Branch, 2011
9
Minibus
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2011
10
Worklife
I was in a minibus, which was full to capacity. In the back seat, a beautiful girl was playing a game on the cell phone and she was laughing to herself. The minibus had just left a bus stage close to Viyuyu Community Hospital for Lilongwe.
Thumbiko Shumba

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINIBUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term minibus is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Minibus Crash Kills At Least Seven In Chechnya
The GAZelle minibus fell into a 200-meter deep abyss as it was travelling in Chechnya's Vedensky District near the village of Kharachoy. «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Jul 15»
2
Seven Dead in Minibus Crash in Russia's Chechnya
At least nine people were killed and eight injured on Tuesday when a minibus fell in a ravine in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
3
Man charged over double fatal minibus crash in Tutbury
The minibus was carrying Spanish nationals to work in Tutbury, Staffordshire, when the collision happened on Tutbury Road in February. «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
Minibus taxi lands atop a VW Tiguan at Ford Fury
Ford Fury, Hyde Park is probably quite furious with the driver of a minibus taxi who ramped into a VW Tiguan on their premises last night. «Times LIVE, Jul 15»
5
UPDATE: One child dies after taxi plunges into ditch
20 July 2015 – A five year old girl died when an overloaded minibus taxi carrying school children landed in a ditch. The pupils had been ... «eNCA, Jul 15»
6
Five injured in M6 smash between minibus and lorry in Staffordshire
Five people, including three children, have been taken to hospital after being injured in a crash between a lorry and a minibus on the M6. «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
7
Murdered taxi driver found inside minibus
Cape Town - The body of a 28-year-old taxi driver was found inside a taxi in Dobsonville on Saturday, police confirm. The man, identified as ... «News24, Jul 15»
8
Children injured in M6 motorway minibus crash
A 16-year-old girl was also trapped inside the minibus but released by emergency crews and later taken to hospital with neck and shoulder ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
9
School drives fundraising for minibus
School drives fundraising for minibus ... Mill Special School in Driffield have so far raised £21,000 of the £50,000 they need for a new minibus. «Nafferton Today, Jul 15»
10
Limerick U21s win match but fans lose their minibus
The last thing fans, who travelled to the match in the Stroller Bar's eight-seater Hiace minibus, feared was that the 16-year-old vehicle would be ... «Limerick Leader, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Minibus [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/minibus>. May 2024 ».
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