Meaning of "minister" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MINISTER

Via Old French from Latin: servant; related to minus less.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF MINISTER

minister  [ˈmɪnɪstə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINISTER

Minister is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb minister in English.

WHAT DOES MINISTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Minister

Minister may refer to: ▪ Minister, a Christian minister ▪ Minister, the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador ▪ Minister, a politician who heads a ministry ▪ Ministerialis, a member of a noble class in the Holy Roman Empire ▪ Shadow minister, a member of a Shadow Cabinet of the opposition...

Definition of minister in the English dictionary

The first definition of minister in the dictionary is a member of the clergy. Other definition of minister is a person appointed to head a government department. Minister is also any diplomatic agent accredited to a foreign government or head of state.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MINISTER

PRESENT

Present

I minister

you minister

he/she/it ministers

we minister

you minister

they minister

Present continuous

I am ministering

you are ministering

he/she/it is ministering

we are ministering

you are ministering

they are ministering

Present perfect

I have ministered

you have ministered

he/she/it has ministered

we have ministered

you have ministered

they have ministered

Present perfect continuous

I have been ministering

you have been ministering

he/she/it has been ministering

we have been ministering

you have been ministering

they have been ministering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I ministered

you ministered

he/she/it ministered

we ministered

you ministered

they ministered

Past continuous

I was ministering

you were ministering

he/she/it was ministering

we were ministering

you were ministering

they were ministering

Past perfect

I had ministered

you had ministered

he/she/it had ministered

we had ministered

you had ministered

they had ministered

Past perfect continuous

I had been ministering

you had been ministering

he/she/it had been ministering

we had been ministering

you had been ministering

they had been ministering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will minister

you will minister

he/she/it will minister

we will minister

you will minister

they will minister

Future continuous

I will be ministering

you will be ministering

he/she/it will be ministering

we will be ministering

you will be ministering

they will be ministering

Future perfect

I will have ministered

you will have ministered

he/she/it will have ministered

we will have ministered

you will have ministered

they will have ministered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been ministering

you will have been ministering

he/she/it will have been ministering

we will have been ministering

you will have been ministering

they will have been ministering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would minister

you would minister

he/she/it would minister

we would minister

you would minister

they would minister

Conditional continuous

I would be ministering

you would be ministering

he/she/it would be ministering

we would be ministering

you would be ministering

they would be ministering

Conditional perfect

I would have minister

you would have minister

he/she/it would have minister

we would have minister

you would have minister

they would have minister

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been ministering

you would have been ministering

he/she/it would have been ministering

we would have been ministering

you would have been ministering

they would have been ministering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you minister
we let´s minister
you minister

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to minister

Past participle

ministered

Present Participle

ministering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MINISTER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «minister» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of minister

administrator · agent · aide · ambassador · assistant · cabinet minister · chaplain · churchman · clergyman · cleric · curate · delegate · diplomat · divine · ecclesiastic · envoy · executive · lieutenant · official · padre · parson · pastor · plenipotentiary · politician · preacher · priest · rector · secretary · secretary of state · servant · subordinate · underling · vicar

TRANSLATION OF MINISTER

Find out the translation of minister to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of minister from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «minister» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 牧师
• Translator English - Spanish: pastor
• English: minister
• Translator English - Hindi: मंत्री
• Translator English - Arabic: كَاهِنٌ
• Translator English - Russian: священник
• Translator English - Portuguese: pastor
• Translator English - Bengali: মন্ত্রী
• Translator English - French: pasteur
• Translator English - Malay: Menteri
• Translator English - German: Geistlicher
• Translator English - Japanese: 聖職者
• Translator English - Korean: 목사
• Translator English - Javanese: Mentri
• Translator English - Vietnamese: mục sư
• Translator English - Tamil: அமைச்சர்
• Translator English - Marathi: मंत्री
• Translator English - Turkish: bakan
• Translator English - Italian: sacerdote
• Translator English - Polish: duchowny
• Translator English - Ukrainian: священик
• Translator English - Romanian: preot
• Translator English - Greek: ιερέας
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Minister
• Translator English - Swedish: präst
• Translator English - Norwegian: prest

10 QUOTES WITH «MINISTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word minister.

1

Shinzo Abe

I have to express sympathy from the bottom of my heart to those people who were taken as wartime comfort women. As a human being, I would like to express my sympathies, and also as prime minister of Japan I need to apologize to them.

2

Aberjhani

Minister and writer Barbara Kaufmann has addressed the subject of guerrilla decontextualization on both the 'Voices Compassionate Education' website and on 'Inner Michael', where she offers the kind of insights into the spiritual aspects of Michael Jackson's creative artistry that mainstream media mostly ignores.

3

Michelle Bachelet

As a doctor, when I was minister of health and would go somewhere, little girls would come up to me and say, 'I want to be like you one day, I want to be a doctor.' Now, they tell me, 'I want to be president just like you.' All of us can dream as big as we want.

4

Sarah Bolger

I became a minister of the Eucharist when I was 17. My parents aren't very strict Catholics, but for some reason I decided this is what I want to do, and I have kept it up.

5

John Boyega

My dad's a Pentecostal minister, meaning that he's full of charisma. If he's telling a story about Noah's ark, you best know each tiger is going to be having their own little conversation and narrative.

6

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.

7

Graydon Carter

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi looks in the mirror and sees a playboy of the old school. And men such as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Charlie Sheen no doubt look at Berlusconi and think, 'Role model!' Women, of course, know otherwise. They see him as an aging, pathetic buffoon.

8

Chiranjeevi

When I went to Spain, the tourism minister told me a lot of people want to come to India, as they love Bollywood, but they don't have direct flights and find it difficult to get visas on arrival that is currently offered to only citizens of nine countries.

9

Steve Coogan

Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did my imitations, I could sound like someone really rough, or I could sound like a cabinet minister.

10

Colin Firth

One of my grandfathers, actually, having gone out there as a minister, decided he would better serve the people as a doctor. So at a very late age - at the age of 38 in fact - he changed course and decided to become a doctor.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINISTER»

Discover the use of minister in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to minister and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Joseph Goebbels: Nazi Propaganda Minister

Relates the life of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his role in formulating Hitler's policy of exterminating the Jewish people.

Jeremy Roberts, 2000

The President, the Pope, And the Prime Minister: Three Who ...

The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister is a sweeping, dramatic account of how three great figures changed the course of history.

John O'Sullivan, 2006

The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945

The author analyzes the office of prime minister in England in the postwar period, profiling the eleven office-holders and discussing changes in the office.

Peter Hennessy, 2001

The Minister as Diagnostician: Personal Problems in Pastoral ...

In this book, Paul Pruyser explores the first step in the helping process: the diagnostic assessment.

Paul W. Pruyser, 1976

The Prime Minister and Cabinet

These are presented in the context of the origins of the office of Prime Minister and the development of Cabinet government.Key issues covered include:*The nature of Prime Ministerial power*The continuing debate surrounding the nature of ...

Stephen Buckley, 2006

1965 War, the Inside Story: Defence Minister Y.B. Chavan's ...

The Inside Story Reveals:" Utter Failure Of Intelligence On Timing Of Pak Attack." How And Why Chavan Ordered Iaf To Launch Attack Without Even Informing The Pm." Why India Attacked Across The International Border?

R. D. Pradhan, Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan, 2007

Madam Prime Minister: A Life in Power and Politics

The youngest person and first woman to ever hold the office of prime minister of Norway presents a lively foray into her life and career, detailing her childhood--where she grew up amidst strong role models--her rise to success in the ...

Gro Harlem Brundtland, 2005

Minister's Bible-ESV

"Minister's Bible English Standard Version(R)--the Bible for Life(TM)" This volume perfectly complements the work or pastors and counselors; those engaged in the work of pastoral care, lay leaders--indeed, anyone active in the spectrum of ...

Hendrickson Publishing, 2009

The Minister's Manual

For more than 80 years, The Minister's Manual has been the standard by which all other preaching annuals are measured.

Lee R. McGlone, 2010

Lal Bahadur Shastri: Prime Minister of India, 9 June 1964-11 ...

The life of Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-66), India's second prime minister and successor to Jawaharlal Nehru, is the absorbing saga of a little man who, while suffering the rigours of poverty in early life, rose to political eminence on the ...

Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINISTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term minister is used in the context of the following news items.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Remains Popular Despite …

ATHENS—He brought home a punishingly harsh bailout deal from Europe and was forced to impose tough controls on bank withdrawals, but ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Why has Sushma Swaraj removed 'Foreign Minister' from her Twitter …

Her first bio on Twitter according to BioIsChanged.com was "Fought 10 elections Six terms MP Chief Minister of Delhi Union Minister for Health ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»

Jharkhand education minister pays floral tribute to APJ Abdul Kalam …

Jharkhand Education Minister Neera Yadav has landed into a controversy after she reportedly paid floral tributes to former President APJ Abdul ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»

Corrections Minister Sam Lotu-Iiga confirms police were not called …

Corrections bosses and their minister were told weeks ago a prison inmate may have been murdered but nothing was passed on to police. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

Tourism Minister for extending loan repayment schedule for hotels

Further, he said that during the last fourteen months, the Prime Minister has visited 25 countries and has mentioned about tourism over 100 ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»

Uttarakhand Chief Minister's Secretary Suspended After BJP Airs …

"The Uttarakhand Chief Minister and his Personal Secretary (PS) were involved in a liquor scam and loot during Uttarakhand floods," said the ... «NDTV, Jul 15»

Justice Minister orders report after Callely wins court case

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has asked the Prison Services for a report on a judge's ruling that she must reconsider her refusal to grant ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

Conservative plans for Mid and west Wales minister

Shadow Rural Affairs Minister Russell George said: "We've already called for a north Wales minister and these plans would ensure both put ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

Mexico interior minister down but not out after Guzman jailbreak

Humiliated by the escape of Mexico's most wanted criminal from a maximum security prison, President Enrique Pena Nieto is under pressure ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»

Labour federations denounce minister

TWO labour federations have written to Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa complaining about political interference by Labour Minister Mildred ... «BDlive, Jul 15»