minute


Definition: Meaning of, minute in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmɪnɪt /

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minute minutes
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  1. time a unit for measuring time. There are 60 minutes in one hour
    1. Please give me a Minute!
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  2. the last minute the last possible time, just before it is too late
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  3. by the minute also every minute, minute by minute used to say that something continues quickly becoming greater, stronger etc
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  4. love/enjoy/hate etc every minute (of something) informal if you love, enjoy etc every minute of an activity or experience, you love, enjoy etc all of it
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  5. within minutes very soon after something has happened
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  6. a minute a very short period of time [=  moment]
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  7. spoken in a minute very soon
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  8. spoken wait a minute/just a minute/hold on a minute/hang on a minute used to tell someone you want them to wait for a short time while you do or say something else
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  9. spoken wait a minute/just a minute/hold on a minute/hang on a minute used to tell someone to stop speaking or doing something for a short time because they have said or done something wrong
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  10. spoken (at) any minute (now) used to say that something will or may happen extremely soon
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  11. spoken have you got a minute? British English American English used to ask someone if you may talk to them for a short time
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  12. spoken the minute (that) somebody does something as soon as someone does something
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  13. spoken not think/believe/etc for one minute used to say that you certainly do not think something, believe something etc
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  14. spoken this minute immediately
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  15. the next minute immediately afterwards
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  16. one minute ... the next (minute) ... used to say that a situation suddenly changes
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  17. meeting minutes [plural] an official written record of what is said and decided at a meeting
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  18. mathematics technical one of the sixty parts into which a degree of an angle is divided. It can be shown as a symbol after a number. For example, 78º 52' means 78 degrees 52 minutes.
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minute minuter minutest
  1. extremely small
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  2. paying careful attention to the smallest details
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
minute minuted minuted
Present Participle Third Person Singular
minuting minutes
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  1. especially British English to make an official note of something in the record of a meeting
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minute used in phrases

  • New York minute (noun)
    1. as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat a very short time
  • ampere-minute (noun)
    1. a unit of charge equal to 60 coulombs
  • beats per minute (noun)
    1. music the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds
  • count per minute (noun)
    1. frequency per minute
  • counts/minute (noun)
    1. frequency per minute
  • four-minute man (noun)
    1. someone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes
  • last minute (noun)
    1. the latest possible moment
  • last-minute (adjective)
    1. happening or done as late as possible before something else happens
  • light minute (noun)
    1. the distance light travels in a vacuum in one minute; approximately 18 million kilometres
  • minute book (noun)
    1. a book in which minutes have been written
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