minute

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Synonyms: minuite, minuta, minut

Antonyms: minuite, minuta, minut

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Noun

1. A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
   • You have twenty minutes to complete the test.
2. A short but unspecified time period.
   • give me a minute
   • Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!
3. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
   • We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.
4. A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
   • Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.
5. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
   • If you buy this model, you’ll get 100 free minutes.
6. A point in time; a moment.
   • I conked out the minute I got home.
7. A nautical or a geographic mile.
8. An old coin, a half farthing.
9. A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
10. A fixed part of a module.
11. A while or a long unspecified period of time.
    • Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!
12. The distance that can be traveled in a minute.

Verb

1. Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
   • I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.
2. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

Adjective

1. Very small.
   • They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.
2. Very careful and exact, giving small details.
   • The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination.

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