Sekirov Dictionary

minute

/ˈmɪnɪt/

noun 12
verb 2
[maɪ̯ˈn(j)u̟(ː)t] adjective 2
forms 7
phrases 9

noun12

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a period of 60 seconds
- You have twenty minutes to complete the test.
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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.
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(informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!
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A point in time; a moment.
- I conked out the minute I got home.
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[in the plural] 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.
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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.
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(dialect, slang) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
- Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!
The distance that can be traveled in a minute.
A nautical or a geographic mile.
A fixed part of a module.
An old coin, a half farthing.
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(no longer used) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
- […]according to the Prophecies of him, which were so clear and descended to minutes and circumstances of his passion — 1660

verb2

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Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
- I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.
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To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
- The Empress of Russia, with her own hand, minuted an edict for universal tolerance. — 1876

minute

UK [maɪ̯ˈnjuːt]US [maɪ̯ˈn(j)u̟(ː)t]

adjective2

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

forms

minuted · minuting · minutes · minuter · more minute · minutest · most minute

Phrases with minute

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