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minute¹
- /ˈmɪnɪt/
Rhymes with -ɪnɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo.
noun minutes
- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). Holonyms: hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
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A short but unspecified time period.
give me a minute
Similar: instant, jiffy, mo, moment, sec, second, tic, bat of an eye, bit, blink of an eye, crack, eyeblink
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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.
Similar: minute of arc, sexagesm, arcminute
- 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.
- 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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A point in time; a moment.
I conked out the minute I got home.
Similar: instant, moment, juncture, minute, occasion, point in time, sith, time
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- 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
- A fixed part of a module.
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A while or a long unspecified period of time.
Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!
Similar: age, spell, aeon, ages, blue moon, coon's age, crow's age, dog's age, donkey's years, eld, eon, eternity
- The distance that can be traveled in a minute.
verb minutes · minuting · minuted
- Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting. I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.
- 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.
minute²
- [maɪ̯ˈnjuːt] UK
- [maɪ̯ˈnjʊwt] UK
- [maɪ̯ˈn(j)u̟(ː)t] US
- [mɐ̟ɪ̯ˈn(j)u̟(ː)t] Canada
- [məj-] Canada
- [mejˈnɪwt]
- [mæ̠ɪ̯ˈnɪwt] Wales
- [mɪˈnjuːt] UK
- [mɪˈnjʊwt] UK
- [məˈn(j)u̟(ː)t] US
- [mɪˈnɪwt]
Rhymes with -uːt, -ɪʊt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin minūtus (“small", "petty”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“make smaller”).
adjective minuter · more minute · minutest · most minute
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Very small.
They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.
Similar: infinitesimal, insignificant, minuscule, tiny, trace · Opposite: big, enormous, colossal, huge, significant, tremendous, vast
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Very careful and exact, giving small details.
The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination.
Similar: exact, exacting, excruciating, precise, scrupulous, accurate, careful, surgical, comprehensive, solicitous, conscientious, exhaustive
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: arcminute, hour, min, atomic, atomlike, microscopical, microscopic, second, moment, instant, narrow, infinitesimal, careful, little, small, bit
Translations
Every language
noun minute of use of telephone network
| Español | minuto |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | dakika |
| Português | minuto |
| Ελληνικά | λεπτό leptó |
| Română | minut |
| Русский | мину́та minúta |
noun unit of time
| Español | minuto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 분 bun |
| 日本語 | 分 fun |
| 中文 | 分鐘 /分钟 fēnzhōng, 分 fēn |
| हिन्दी | मिनट minaṭ, दक़ीक़ा daqīqa |
| Kiswahili | dakika |
| Português | minuto |
| Français | minute |
| Deutsch | Minute |
| Italiano | minuto |
| Ελληνικά | λεπτό leptó |
| Română | minut |
| Русский | мину́та minúta |
| Tiếng Việt | phút |
| العربية | دَقِيقَة daqīqa |
| עברית | דַּקָּה daká |
noun record of meeting
| Español | acta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 회의록 hoe'uirok, 의사록 uisarok |
| 日本語 | 会議録 kaigiroku, 議事録 gijiroku |
| 中文 | 記錄 /记录 jìlù, 會議記錄 /会议记录 huìyì jìlù, 紀要 /纪要 jìyào |
| Português | ata |
| Français | procès-verbal |
| Deutsch | Protokoll |
| Italiano | verbale |
| Ελληνικά | πρακτικά praktiká |
| Русский | протоко́л protokól |
| Tiếng Việt | biên bản |
| עברית | פְּרוֹטוֹקוֹל protokól |
noun unit of angular measure — see also minute of angle
| Español | minuto |
|---|---|
| Português | minuto |
| Français | minute |
| Deutsch | Minute |
| Ελληνικά | λεπτό leptó |
| Română | minut |
| Русский | мину́та minúta |
| Tiếng Việt | phút |
| עברית | דַּקַּת קֶשֶׁת dakát késhet |
noun short but unspecified period of time
| Español | minuto, momento |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | dakika |
| Português | instante, minuto, momento |
| Français | minute, moment, instant |
| Deutsch | Moment |
| Italiano | attimo, momento |
| Ελληνικά | στιγμή stigmí, λεπτό leptó |
| Română | minut |
| Русский | мину́та minúta |
| Tiếng Việt | lát, chốc |
| العربية | لَحْظَة laḥẓa |
| עברית | רֶגַע réga, זְמַן קָצָר zman katsár |
verb to write the minutes of
| Español | minutar |
|---|---|
| Português | fazer a ata, escrever a ata |
| Deutsch | protokollieren, aufzeichnen |
| Ελληνικά | πρωτοκολλώ protokolló, καταγράφω katagráfo |
| Русский | вести́ протоко́л vestí protokól |
| עברית | סיכם sikém, רשם בפרוטוקול rashám baprótokol, רשם פרוטוקול rashám prótokol |
verb to set down a short sketch or note of; to make a brief summary of
| Português | minutar |
|---|
adj very small
| Español | diminuto, menudo |
|---|---|
| Português | minúsculo, miúdo |
| Français | minuscule |
| Deutsch | winzig |
| Italiano | minuscolo, piccolissimo |
| Ελληνικά | μικροσκοπικός mikroskopikós |
| Română | minuscul, mărunt |
| Русский | ме́лкий mélkij, мельча́йший melʹčájšij, незначи́тельный neznačítelʹnyj |
| العربية | دَقِيق daqīq, تَافِه tāfih |
| עברית | זעיר za'ir |
adj very careful and exact, giving small details
| Español | minucioso |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 綿密 menmitsu |
| Português | minucioso |
| Français | minutieux |
| Deutsch | minutiös, minuziös |
| Italiano | minuzioso |
| Română | minuțios, amănunțit |
| Русский | тща́тельный tščátelʹnyj, скрупулёзный skrupuljóznyj, подро́бный podróbnyj, дета́льный detálʹnyj, обстоя́тельный obstojátelʹnyj, доскона́льный doskonálʹnyj |
| עברית | מפורט meforat |
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