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minute
1[ min-it ]
noun
- the sixtieth part (1/60) of an hour; sixty seconds.
- an indefinitely short space of time:
Wait a minute!
Synonyms: ,
Come here this minute!
- minutes, the official record of the proceedings at a meeting of a society, committee, or other group.
- Chiefly British. a written summary, note, or memorandum.
- a rough draft, as of a document.
- Geometry. the sixtieth part of a degree of angular measure, often represented by the sign 鈥, as in 12掳 10鈥, which is read as 12 degrees and 10 minutes. Compare angle 1( def 1c ).
verb (used with object)
- to time exactly, as movements or speed.
- to make a draft of (a document or the like).
- to record in a memorandum; note down.
- to enter in the minutes of a meeting.
adjective
- prepared in a very short time:
minute pudding.
minute
2[ mahy-noot, -nyoot, mi- ]
adjective
- extremely small, as in size, amount, extent, or degree:
minute differences.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- of minor importance; insignificant; trifling.
- attentive to or concerned with even the smallest details:
a minute examination.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
minute
1/ 藞尘瑟苍瑟迟 /
noun
- a period of time equal to 60 seconds; one sixtieth of an hour
- Also calledminute of arc a unit of angular measure equal to one sixtieth of a degree 鈥
- any very short period of time; moment
- a short note or memorandum
- the distance that can be travelled in a minute
it's only two minutes away
- up to the minuteup-to-the-minute when prenominal very latest or newest
verb
- to record in minutes
to minute a meeting
- to time in terms of minutes
minute
2/ 尘补瑟藞苍箩耻藧迟 /
adjective
- very small; diminutive; tiny
- unimportant; petty
- precise or detailed
a minute examination
minute
- A unit of time equal to 1 60 of an hour or 60 seconds.
- 鈼 A sidereal minute is 1 60 of a sidereal hour, and a mean solar minute is 1 60 of a mean solar hour.
- See more at sidereal time
- A unit of angular measurement, such as longitude or right ascension, that is equal to 1 60 of a degree or 60 seconds.
Derived Forms
- 尘颈藞苍耻迟别苍别蝉蝉, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 耻苍路尘颈苍路耻迟路别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of minute1
Origin of minute2
Idioms and Phrases
- up to the minute, modern; up-to-date:
The building design is up to the minute.
More idioms and phrases containing minute
see at the last minute ; every minute counts ; just a minute ; mile a minute ; wait a minute .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
With a mobile darkroom in her car鈥檚 trunk, she can develop the plates on-site, allowing subjects to see their ethereal black-and-white image within minutes.
Unlike relative sea-level rise that鈥檚 driven more gradually by climate change, a rise resulting from a major earthquake 鈥渨ill happen within minutes, leaving no time for adaptation or mitigation.鈥
Janmark鈥檚 goal marked the fourth time in five 亚洲网紅露点 the Kings have given up a game-tying or go-ahead score in the final 13 minutes of regulation.
A festival on a sandbar brought 90 minutes of merriment to hundreds of people in the Isles of Scilly.
鈥淲e think this will get people in 20 to 30 minutes faster,鈥 said Bill Foltz, chief executive officer of OC Sports and Entertainment.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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