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# minibus

«minibus» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small bus that carries about 8 to 16 passengers** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a minibus, minibuses)

### meaning for a pupil

A small bus that carries about 8 to 16 passengers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used for school trips, sports teams, airport transfers and community transport, especially in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand (US: «van» or «shuttle bus»). Common in maths: how many minibuses are needed for a class. Phrases: «by minibus», «the school minibus», «a minibus driver».

### examples

- The football team went to the match in the school minibus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x1)
- A minibus holds 15 children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x2)
- We need 3 minibuses for 40 pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x3)
- The minibus picked us up from the airport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x4)
- Our teacher drove the minibus to the museum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x5)
- Everyone must wear a seat belt on the minibus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/#x6)

### note

Countable; plural «minibuses» (one «s» before «-es»). In maths: number of minibuses = pupils ÷ seats per minibus, rounded UP if there is a remainder (40 ÷ 15 = 2 remainder 10, so 3 minibuses).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «minibus» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/minibus/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.