Minister
noun
A person in government who is responsible for a specific policy area or department.
The Minister of Health gave a press conference to discuss the pandemic's effect.
Often appears as...
- prime minister
- foreign minister
noun
A person who serves other people in a religious context, such as a priest or clergyman.
The minister of our local church held a beautiful service this Sunday.
Often appears as...
- ordained minister
- church minister
verb
To take care of, attend to someone's needs.
She stayed by her sick friend's side, ministering to her needs as best she could.
Often appears as...
- minister to needs
- minister to the poor
noun
A person in government who is responsible for a specific policy area or department.
The Minister of Health gave a press conference to discuss the pandemic's effect.
Often appears as...
- prime minister
- foreign minister
noun
A person who serves other people in a religious context, such as a priest or clergyman.
The minister of our local church held a beautiful service this Sunday.
Often appears as...
- ordained minister
- church minister
verb
To take care of, attend to someone's needs.
She stayed by her sick friend's side, ministering to her needs as best she could.
Often appears as...
- minister to needs
- minister to the poor
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Government Role
Refers to high-ranking officials with specific duties in governance.
The minister of education sets school policies.
Pro Tip 2/3National Context
Ministers are usually part of a country's government, not local or regional.
The ministers met to discuss the national budget.
Pro Tip 3/3Policy Maker
The word stresses the minister's role in crafting and executing policies.
As minister, she has introduced new environmental regulations.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Role
Refers to high-ranking officials with specific duties in governance.
The minister of education sets school policies.
Pro Tip 2/3National Context
Ministers are usually part of a country's government, not local or regional.
The ministers met to discuss the national budget.
Pro Tip 3/3Policy Maker
The word stresses the minister's role in crafting and executing policies.
As minister, she has introduced new environmental regulations.
Pro Tip 1/3Government Role
Refers to high-ranking officials with specific duties in governance.
The minister of education sets school policies.
Pro Tip 2/3National Context
Ministers are usually part of a country's government, not local or regional.
The ministers met to discuss the national budget.
Pro Tip 3/3Policy Maker
The word stresses the minister's role in crafting and executing policies.
As minister, she has introduced new environmental regulations.
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Marc Goodman: A vision...
Policing doesn't scale globally. At least, it hasn't, and our current system of guns, border guards, big gates and fences are outdated in the new world into which we're moving. So how might we prepare for some of these specific threats, like attacking a president or a prime minister? This would be the natural government response,
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How Mr. Condom made...
statistics they said yes okay you can use all the radio stations television stations and that's when we went onto the airwaves and then we had a new prime minister soon after that and he said I could you come and join he asked me in because he liked my wife a lot so I said ok he became the chairman of
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Africa rising. Real or...
you don't want my job the average life for finance ministers is two years it's been calculated I thought about how to grab your attention today with just sitting here have learned so much and I decided there are two things one is I have to transport you from all these
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Kiran Bedi: How I remade...
This was the first time a prime minister of India was given a parking ticket. That's the first time in India, and I can tell you, that's the last time you're hearing about it. It'll never happen again in India, because now it was once and forever.
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Cracking Down on Cheetah...
wildlife it's just another way for somaliland to say like hey look world we're paying attention not only to economic development and our citizens and good governance but also to the environment it also helps that the minister of the environment
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
as co-laborers in the struggle to reduce violence in the community. Imagine developing a plan, you have one minister at one table and a heroin dealer at the other table, coming up with a way in which the church can help the entire community.
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Charmian Gooch: Meet...
because it showed how the state's chief minister, despite his later denials, used his control over land and forest licenses to enrich himself and his family. And HSBC, well, we know that HSBC bankrolled the region's largest logging companies
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An urgent call to...
He literally took his ministers scuba diving, as it were, to warn the world that his country could drown unless we control global warming. Now I don't know whether he got his message across to the world or not, but he certainly caught mine.
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Heather Brooke: My...
and then, you all remember, there was weeks and weeks of revelations, everything from porn movies and bath plugs and new kitchens and mortgages that had never been paid off. The end result was six ministers resigned,
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Sri Lankan Marine Turtle...
for some of sri lanka's top brass the Minister for the environment declared wreck of a beach Sri Lanka's first wildlife sanctuary for marine turtles for me today it's all about dreams coming true
Video examples
Marc Goodman: A vision...
Policing doesn't scale globally. At least, it hasn't, and our current system of guns, border guards, big gates and fences are outdated in the new world into which we're moving. So how might we prepare for some of these specific threats, like attacking a president or a prime minister? This would be the natural government response,
Video examples
How Mr. Condom made...
statistics they said yes okay you can use all the radio stations television stations and that's when we went onto the airwaves and then we had a new prime minister soon after that and he said I could you come and join he asked me in because he liked my wife a lot so I said ok he became the chairman of
Video examples
Africa rising. Real or...
you don't want my job the average life for finance ministers is two years it's been calculated I thought about how to grab your attention today with just sitting here have learned so much and I decided there are two things one is I have to transport you from all these
Video examples
Kiran Bedi: How I remade...
This was the first time a prime minister of India was given a parking ticket. That's the first time in India, and I can tell you, that's the last time you're hearing about it. It'll never happen again in India, because now it was once and forever.
Video examples
Cracking Down on Cheetah...
wildlife it's just another way for somaliland to say like hey look world we're paying attention not only to economic development and our citizens and good governance but also to the environment it also helps that the minister of the environment
Video examples
Jeffrey Brown: How we...
as co-laborers in the struggle to reduce violence in the community. Imagine developing a plan, you have one minister at one table and a heroin dealer at the other table, coming up with a way in which the church can help the entire community.
Video examples
Charmian Gooch: Meet...
because it showed how the state's chief minister, despite his later denials, used his control over land and forest licenses to enrich himself and his family. And HSBC, well, we know that HSBC bankrolled the region's largest logging companies
Video examples
An urgent call to...
He literally took his ministers scuba diving, as it were, to warn the world that his country could drown unless we control global warming. Now I don't know whether he got his message across to the world or not, but he certainly caught mine.
Video examples
Heather Brooke: My...
and then, you all remember, there was weeks and weeks of revelations, everything from porn movies and bath plugs and new kitchens and mortgages that had never been paid off. The end result was six ministers resigned,
Video examples
Sri Lankan Marine Turtle...
for some of sri lanka's top brass the Minister for the environment declared wreck of a beach Sri Lanka's first wildlife sanctuary for marine turtles for me today it's all about dreams coming true
Example 1 of 10
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Gavin Esler
Scottish Journalist
In years of interviewing presidents, prime ministers and chief executives all over the world, I can remember only a handful of times in which a leader has said: 'I don't know' in answer to a question. Perhaps everyone I have ever interviewed knows everything about everything, but I doubt it.
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Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account.
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Gerrit Smith
American Politician
It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed.
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Juan Manuel Santos
Colombian Politician
When I was defense minister, I was very popular, and now that I'm president, I'm unpopular because I'm trying to make peace. It's much easier to make war and get trophies.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.
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Frank Peretti
American Author
My main goal is still for the books to minister in some way, to teach a spiritual truth, to enlighten people.
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Chuck Berry
American Musician
People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister.
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H. D. Kumaraswamy
Indian Politician
My father was the prime minister and we had Tamil Nadu's support.
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LeToya Luckett
American Musician
My father was a minister, so I was raised in the church.
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Poppy Delevingne
English Model
I'd rather rule the world now than be prime minister.
Quote examples
Gavin Esler
Scottish Journalist
In years of interviewing presidents, prime ministers and chief executives all over the world, I can remember only a handful of times in which a leader has said: 'I don't know' in answer to a question. Perhaps everyone I have ever interviewed knows everything about everything, but I doubt it.
Quote examples
Jeremy Corbyn
British Politician
It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account.
Quote examples
Gerrit Smith
American Politician
It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed.
Quote examples
Juan Manuel Santos
Colombian Politician
When I was defense minister, I was very popular, and now that I'm president, I'm unpopular because I'm trying to make peace. It's much easier to make war and get trophies.
Quote examples
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.
Quote examples
Frank Peretti
American Author
My main goal is still for the books to minister in some way, to teach a spiritual truth, to enlighten people.
Quote examples
Chuck Berry
American Musician
People said I was king, but I was never king, and I say I'm the prime minister.
Quote examples
H. D. Kumaraswamy
Indian Politician
My father was the prime minister and we had Tamil Nadu's support.
Quote examples
LeToya Luckett
American Musician
My father was a minister, so I was raised in the church.
Quote examples
Poppy Delevingne
English Model
I'd rather rule the world now than be prime minister.
Example 1 of 10
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